INDEX

1. AIM

2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

3. CERTIFICATE

4. INTRODUCTION

5. MATERIALS REQUIRED

6. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

7. WORKING

8. REFERENCES
 AIM

"To construct a full wave rectifier and show that Alternating

Current is rectified into a Direct Current"

Introduction
 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.

AC voltage
Source
 Materials required

1. Connecting wires

2. A plug

3. Single lead wire - 2m

4. 3 nuts & Bolts 2 to 3cm length

5. Circuit board

6. A Transformer

7. A capacitor

8. A Resistor (1 KQ)

9. P-N junction diodes

10. A LED

11. Insulation tape, Blades, soldering wax, soldering

lead, soldering iron &sand paper
Circuit diagram

D2
 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 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 the RMS value and the peak value is
8.4 volts. During the 1st half cycle of the ABC. input Diode DI
is forward biased and a current 'I' flows in the circuit in the
direction S IDI ABEOSI. During this time diode D2 is reverse
biased. So if does not conduct any electric current.

During the next half cycle, diodeD2 is forward and DI is

reversed. Hence D2 conducts current in direction S2D2
ABEOS2and DI does not conduct any current. In subsequent
half cycles of the A-C current the above processes are
repeated. ln 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 ADC 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 output. As this is a
simple circuit, only one capacitor and a resistance being
used. But there will be slight factor of A-C. current still left in
output but it is negligible. The output Direct Current and
voltage light up the LED.

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REFERENCES

 wikipedia.com

 Google search engine

 Knowledgecycle.in

 Physics NCERT book for class XII