The circuit shown in Figure 1 is often called a half-wave rectifier because the diode supposed to stay on for 50% of one cycle. However, that view untrue since on-duty ratio depends parameters.

A diode works for battery charging, as shown in Figure 1 . When we use an RF source excitation, the wiring inductance L matters. Let us consider how affects turn-on and -off operation. The voltage xmlns:xlink="htt...