TOPIC : FULL WAVE BRIDGE RECTIFIER INTRODUCTION Rectification is the process of converting an alternating voltage or alternating current into

direct voltage or direct current. The device used for rectification is called rectifier. Rectifiers are mainly two types, half wave rectifier and full wave rectifier. Half wave rectifier is a circuit which rectifies only one of the halves of the ac cycle. During the half cycles when P is positive and N is negative, the diode is forward biased and will conduct. When P is negative and N is positive, the diode is reverse biased and will not conduct. Efficiency of the half wave rectifier will be about 40.6%. Full wave rectifier is a circuit which rectifies both half cycles of the a.c. when P of 1st diode is positive, the 1st diode is forward biased and will conduct. Now the 2nd diode will not conduct as it is reverse biased. In all the half cycles either of the two diodes will be conducting. The efficiency of a full wave rectifier is about 81.2 %, twice the efficiency of a half wave rectifier. AIM To obtain DC voltage form AC supply by the full wave bridge rectifier. To find the output voltage of a full wave bridge rectifier. METHOD OF STUDY

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The connections are done as per the circuit diagram. Now connect the 230 V supply the input of the transformer, we get the 6 v as output from the transformer. This is fed into the capacitor to get filtered output. This is taken out from the resistor. Thus, we get rectified and filtered output. COLLECTED DATA Circuit Diagram Picture -2 Circuit Details:The circuit contains transformer, bridge rectifier and resistor. The transformer here used is the step down transformer, which converts 230 V supply to 6 V. It isolates the electronic component from the external circuit.

The bridge rectifier is used here; the four diodes are connected in the form of the electronic bridge. Diode:The diode is the semiconductor devices that allow the current to flow only in one direction (When the diode in the forward biased, the P side is connected to the positive & the N side is connected to the negative). When it is in the reverse direction it will not conduct. The capacitor here used is the electrolytic capacitor. It is used to filter the ripples, which is present in the output of the diode bridge to an extent. The resistor is connected in the circuit form which the output is obtained.