Implementation of novel full-wave rectifier using second generation current conveyor (CCII)

This paper presents a unique full-wave rectifier designed with the help of second generation current conveyor (CCII) which is a promising building block to design the analog circuits. The proposed circuit is designed & simulated on OrCAD/PSpice using key ICAD844 as CCII, manufactured by Analog Devices corporation. The simulated results are extracted using EDA tool for the input of different frequencies till 1 MHz. The excellent output waveforms verify the proposed circuit with the characteristics of full-wave rectifier. The hardware prototype is implemented & tested on printed circuit board using laboratory setup to validate the proposed concept. The resultant output signal is undistorted, fully rectified and maintained with sinusoidal shape for the input signal having frequency of 1.022 MHz. The metal oxide semiconductor structure with the small signal analysis of proposed circuit is also discussed.