Rectifier and Diode ?

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Anonymous Poster	Rectifier and Diode ? 09/24/2010 5:08 AM
	Is it technically correct to say that both (Rectifier and Diode) is the same thing in a way that both are used for AC to DC power conversion. OR Rectifier is made by numbers of diode.
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TonyS Guru Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Resting under the Major Oak Posts: 4347 Good Answers: 181	#1 Re: Rectifier and Diode ? 09/24/2010 5:35 AM
	1^st is partially correct 2^nd is correct. __________________ The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
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Tobugrynbak Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Rutherford Oz Posts: 951 Good Answers: 145	#2 Re: Rectifier and Diode ? 09/24/2010 5:45 AM
	A diode can be used as a rectifier, though it depends on what sort of diode it is. There are some diode jobs that don't incur rectification. To be Technically correct you would use the term, rectifier diode, or maybe diode bridge rectifier. A half wave rectifier can be just one diode. a full wave rectifier can be just 2 diodes, or 4 diodes in a wein bridge configuration. __________________ There are two reasons for a man to do a thing, One that sounds good, and the real one...
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Anonymous Poster #1	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Rectifier and Diode ? 10/11/2017 7:58 AM
	Explication: Rectifier-diode
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