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What does this block do? It's part of a block diagram for a RMS/Peak detector. enter image description here

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It symbolizes the input-output characteristic of a half-wave rectifier, which only passes positive input signals:

$$y(t)=\begin{cases}x(t),&x(t)>0\\0,&x(t)\le 0\end{cases}$$

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