Full-Wave Rectifier

This example demonstrates a full-wave bridge rectifier. The four diodes are arranged to route both the positive and negative halves of the AC input sine wave to the output, but with the negative half inverted. The result is a DC voltage that pulses at twice the frequency of the AC input.

export default () => (
      <board schMaxTraceDistance={10} routingDisabled>
      <voltagesource
        name="V1"
        voltage="5V" /* 5V amplitude -> 10V pk-pk */
        frequency="40Hz"
        waveShape="sinewave"
        schRotation={270}
      />
      <diode name="D1" />
      <diode name="D2" />
      <diode name="D3" />
      <diode name="D4" />
      <resistor name="R1" resistance="100" />

      <trace from=".V1 > .pin1" to=".D1 > .anode" />
      <trace from=".V1 > .pin1" to=".D4 > .cathode" />

      <trace from=".V1 > .pin2" to=".D2 > .cathode" />
      <trace from=".V1 > .pin2" to=".D3 > .anode" />

      <trace from=".D1 > .cathode" to=".D3 > .cathode" />
      <trace from=".D1 > .cathode" to=".R1 > .pin1" />

      <trace from=".D2 > .anode" to=".D4 > .anode" />
      <trace from=".D2 > .anode" to=".R1 > .pin2" />

      <voltageprobe name="VP_IN1" connectsTo=".V1 > .pin1" />

      <voltageprobe
        name="VR1"
        connectsTo=".R1 > .pin1"
        referenceTo=".R1 > .pin2"
      />

      <analogsimulation
        duration="100ms"
        timePerStep="0.1ms"
        spiceEngine="ngspice"
      />
    </board>
)

To build and simulate this circuit, we defined a <voltagesource />, four <diode /> components, and a <resistor />. <trace /> elements are used to wire the components into a bridge rectifier configuration. A differential <voltageprobe /> measures the voltage across the load resistor, which is achieved by supplying both connectsTo and referenceTo props. Finally, the <analogsimulation /> component runs the simulation.