After studying the material in this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Describe the operation of the half-wave rectifier.
2. Calculate the peak and average load voltage and current for a positive half-wave rectifier.
3. Describe the operation of the full-wave rectifier.
4. Calculate the peak and average load voltage and current for any full-wave rectifier.
5. Describe the operation of the bridge rectifier.
6. Calculate the peak and average load voltage and current for a bridge rectifier.
7. Describe the effects of filtering on the output from a rectifier.
8. Describe the operation of series clippers.
9. Describe and analyze the operation of shunt clippers.
10. Describe and analyze the operation of biased shunt clippers.
11. Describe the effects of negative clampers and positive clampers on an input waveform.
12. Describe the circuit operation of a clamper.
13. Describe and analyze the operation of the half-wave voltage doubler.
14. Describe and analyze the operation of the full-wave voltage doubler.
15. Describe and analyze the operation of the full-wave voltage tripler.
16. Describe and analyze the operation of the full-wave voltage quadrupler.

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