Question

1) Does the quality factor depend on the frequency of the original AC signal?

2) How can the quality factor of the rectifier circuit be increased?

Answer 1

The quality factor is a measure of the performance of a circuit. Mathematically, Q= 2*pi*f*L / R

Where f is frequency.

So clearly the Q factor depends on frequency of the source.

b) In a rectifier circuit, the quality factor can be increased by increasing the pulse no of the circuit. For a 1 pulse rectifier, q is very less. With increasing the no of output pulses from 1 to 2 and 3 or 6 we can have better quality factor.