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INTRODUCTION HALF WAVE FULL WAVE APPLICATIONS


TO RECTIFIERS IN DETAIL ABOUT HALF IN DEATIL ABOUT FULL APPLICATIONS OF HALF

WAVE RECTIFIER WAVE RECTIFIRER AND FULL WAVE

RECTIFIERS
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RECTIFIER

RECTIFIER IS AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE THAT


CONVERTS AC CURRENT TO DC CURRENT

THIS PROCESS IS CALLED RETIFICATION


HALF WAVE RECTIFIER FULL WAVE RECTIFIER

CENTER
BRIDGE FULL
TAPPED FULL
WAVE
WAVE
HALF WAVE RECTIFIER
• ONLY THE POSITIVE HALF-
CYCLE OF THE AC SUPPLY
IS ALLOWED TO PASS
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APPLICATIONS OF HALF WAVE RECTIFIERS

Some of the uses and applications of rectifiers are in :

Appliances
Used with transformers
Soldering
AM radio
Pulse generated circuits
Single demodulation
Voltage multiplier
APPLICATION OF FULL WAVE RECTIFIER

The important uses of the full-wave bridge rectifier are given below.

• Mobile phones, laptops, charger circuits.


• Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) circuits to convert AC to DC.
• Our home inverters convert AC to DC.
• LCD, LED TVs.
• Car Alternator to charge the batteries during the running of the car.
• LED Driver Circuits
• Audio Amplifier
• Radios

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