Anshuman Satapathy

XIIth ‘C’

26

Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1

 CERTIFICATE
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 AIM
 INTRODUCTION
 MATERIALS REQUIRED
 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
 WORKING
 BIBLOGRAPHY
This is certify that Master Anshuman Satapathy
student of class 12th ‘C’ has successfully
completed his project work under the
guidance of subject teacher Mrs. Dharashree
Palai during the year 2022-23 from Kendriya
Vidyalaya No.1 in partial fulfillment of
physics particle examination conducted by
CBSE.
I would like to express my special thanks of
gratitude to my teacher Mrs. Dharashree
Palai as well as our principal Mr. Aditya
Kumar Panda who gave me the golden
opportunity to do this wonderful project on
“Full Wave Rectifier”, which also helped
me in doing a lot of research and I came to
know about so many new things I am really
thankful to them.
Secondly I would also like to thank my
parents and friends who helped me a lot in
finalizing this project within the limited time
frame.
“To make a full wave rectifier and show that
Alternating Current is rectified into a Direct
Current”
A full wave rectifier is a device which is used to rectify
all the alternating current components in an alternating
supply and make it purely a direct current. The two
alternating halves of an alternation current are rectified
in a full wave rectifier which is an advantage over a
half wave rectifier. Most electronic devices cannot
withstand very high voltage or alternating current due
to its intense high power. The use of batteries in all
devices is not practical as their replacement and
durability is a huge problem as the device has to be
dismantled each time for such a replacement. So these
rectifiers are used in most of the electronic devices like
TV’s, Radios, Chargers, and Lightings etc.
 Connecting wires
 A plug
 Single lead wire - 2m
 3 nuts & Bolts 2 to 3cm length
 Circuit board
 A Transformer
 A capacitor
 A Resistor (1 K Ω )
 P-N junction diodes
 A LED
 Insulation tape, Blades, soldering wax, soldering
lead, soldering iron &sand paper
 CURCUIT DIAGRAM

CONNECTION DETAILS
Connections are done as in the circuit. The A.C.
supply is given to both the input wires of the
transformer and the two ends of the secondary coil is
given to the P side of the two diodes and the N side
of the diodes are twined and then connected to one
end of the capacitor and the other end to the center
tap lead and to the resistor. Further, the other end of
capacitor with the diode connect ion is connected to
the other end of the resistor. Connect 2 leads on both
the ends of the resistor to measure the output and this
is connected to the +ve & -ve terminals of the bulb.
1st when the A.C. is supplied to the transformer, it
steps down the 230V main supply to 6 volts. It has a
capability of delivering a current of 500mA. The 6
volts A.C. appearing across the secondary is the RMS
value and the peak value is 8.4 volts. During the 1st
half cycle of the A.C. input Diode D1 is forward biased
and a current ‘I’ lows in the circuit in the direction S
1D1 ABEOS1. During this time diode D2 is reverse
biased. So it does not conduct any electric current.
During the next half cycle, the diodeD2 is forward and
D1 is reversed. Hence D2 conducts current in the
direction S2D2 ABEOS2and D1 does not conduct any
current. In subsequent half cycles of the A.C current
the above processes are repeated.

In both the half cycles it is clear that current lows

through the resistor in only one direction ABE. Even
though the voltage across RL is unidirectional it will
still contain a few A.C components. This is filtered and
made smooth using a capacitor, which filters 99% of
the A.C current. A resistor is then used to adjust the
output voltage. Capacitor also nearly filters all A.C
components from the supply and resistance is adjusted
for the required output. As this is a simple circuit, only
one capacitor and a resistance are being used. But there
will be slight factor of A.C. current still left in the
output but it is negligible. The output Direct Current
and voltage light up the LED.
 Physics (XII) (NCERT)
 Arihant Class XII
 Laboratory Manual (Rachna Sagar Pub.)
 https://collegedunia.com/exams/full-wave-rectifier-
physics-articleid-613
 https://byjus.com/physics/full-wave-rectifier/