A rectifier circuit device adapted to perform chopping on a semiconductor switch for short-circuiting and opening a single-phase AC power supply through a reactor and to supply an electric current from an AC side to a DC side through the reactor, the rectifier circuit device comprising: means for detecting an electric current (lac) in the AC side; means for detecting a DC voltage (Vdc); and control means, characterized in that the control means includes means for forming a target electric-current waveform having a frequency equal to that of an AC voltage waveform; means (205, 212, 213) for forming an output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*); means (209, 210, 211) for adjusting and controlling the chopping on the semiconductor switch such that a detected electric-current waveform has a shape equal to that of the target electric-current waveform; and means for adjusting an amplitude of the target electric-current waveform such that the detected DC voltage (Vdc) comes to be a desired voltage in accordance with the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) which is output by the means (205, 212, 213) for forming the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) wherein the means (205, 212, 213) for forming output-voltage command voltage includes chopping phase/width detection means which detects a phase (θ OFF) at which the semiconductor switch changes from a chopping state to a chopping halt state; deviation setting means which compares between a desired phase (θ OFF *) and the phase (θ OFF) at which the semiconductor switch changes from a chopping state to a chopping halt state so as to output a deviation; and phase-system compensation operating means which convert the deviation into voltage to form the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) and which adjusts the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) such that a phase (θ OFF) at which the semiconductor switch changes from a chopping state to a chopping halt state comes to be a desired phase (θ OFF *). means for detecting an electric current (lac) in the AC side; means for detecting a DC voltage (Vdc); and control means, characterized in that the control means includes means for forming a target electric-current waveform having a frequency equal to that of an AC voltage waveform; means (205, 212, 213) for forming an output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*); means (209, 210, 211) for adjusting and controlling the chopping on the semiconductor switch such that a detected electric-current waveform has a shape equal to that of the target electric-current waveform; and means for adjusting an amplitude of the target electric-current waveform such that the detected DC voltage (Vdc) comes to be a desired voltage in accordance with the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) which is output by the means (205, 212, 213) for forming the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) wherein the means (205, 212, 213) for forming output-voltage command voltage includes chopping phase/width detection means which detects a phase (θ OFF) at which the semiconductor switch changes from a chopping state to a chopping halt state; deviation setting means which compares between a desired phase (θ OFF *) and the phase (θ OFF) at which the semiconductor switch changes from a chopping state to a chopping halt state so as to output a deviation; and phase-system compensation operating means which convert the deviation into voltage to form the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) and which adjusts the output-voltage command voltage (Vdc*) such that a phase (θ OFF) at which the semiconductor switch changes from a chopping state to a chopping halt state comes to be a desired phase (θ OFF *).