RATTAN CONVENT SCHOOL

SESSION 2022-2023

PHYSICS PROJECT REPORT

ON

FULL WAVE RECTIFIER

SUBMITTED TO. SUBMITTED BY.

MR. HARIVILAS VINEET

(P.G.T PHYSICS) XII-A
Roll.no. :
 INDEX

S.no Topic

1 CERTIFICATE

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

3 AIM / OBJECTIVE

4 INTRODUCTION

5 MATERIAL REQUIRED

6 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

7 WORKING
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project entitled, “Full Wave

Rectifier” submitted by “Vineet” in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for CBSE in “PCM” at “Rattan Convent
School” is an authentic work carried out by him under my
supervision and guidance.

To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in the

project has not been submitted to any other institute.

Mr. Harivilas
P.G.T Physics
 ACKNOWLEGEMENT

I wish to express my deep gratitude and sincere thanks to

the principal Mr. Manoj Kumar for her encouragement and
for all the facilities that he provided for this project work.
I extend my hearty thanks to Mr. Harivilas, who guided me
to the successful completion of this project. I take this
opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude for this
invaluable guidance constant encouragement, immense
motivation, which has sustained my efforts at all stages of
this Project work.
I can’t forget to offer my sincere thanks to Mr. Yogesh who
helped me to carry out this project successful and provided
me the right equipment at right time.

VINEET

XII-A Signature of Teacher

 AIM/OBJECTIVE

To construct a full wave rectifier and show that alternating

current is rectified into direct current.
 INTRODUCTION
Full Wave Rectifier
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
must 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.
 MATERIAL REQUIRED

• Connecting wires
• A plug
• Single lead wire - 2m
• 3 nuts & bolts 2 to 3cm length
• Circuit board
• A transformer
• A capacitor
• A resistor (1 KΩ)
• P-N junction diodes
• A LED
• Insulation tape, blades, soldering wax, soldering lead,
soldering iron & sandpaper.
 CIRCUIT 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 centre 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.
 WORKING
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 AC input Diode D, is forward
biased and a current 'I' flows in the circuit in the
direction. SID₁ABEOS. During this time diode D₂ is
reverse biased. So, it does not conduct any. electric
current. During the next half cycle the diode D2 is
forward and D1 is reversed. Hence D2 conducts
current in the direction S2D2ABEOS2and D₁ does
not conduct any current. In subsequent half cycles of
the AC current the above processes are repeated. In
both the half cycles it is clear that current flows
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.

Bibliography
1. NCERT Physics Part-2, Textbook for class XII
2. https://byjus.com
3. scribd.com
4. Help from teachers