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A silicon diode has a threshold voltage of 0.7 V. If an input voltage given by `2 sin(pi t)` is supplied to a half wave rectifier circuit using this diode, the rectified output has a peak value of

A

2 V

B

1.4 V

C

1.3 V

D

0.7 V

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