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Homework Statement
Hello all,
Looking for some help regarding half wave bridge rectifiers. I'm having trouble grasping how to determine the average output voltage for the sin function.
Let Vd=voltage drop across the diode. Let θ=angle conduction begins. Let Vs=denote the ac supplied voltage source with peak voltage of A. Hence, the ac source operates with the sinusoid Vs=Asinθ. Can someone perhaps explain to me the theory behind determining the average output voltage?
I know that sinθ=Vd/A, and the angle of conduction occurs from θ to π-θ.
But how does the textbook come up with this:
Vo,average=(1/π)∫(Asinθ-Vd)dθ from θ ---> π-θ
I don't really see how