Ajman University

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Department of Electrical/Biomedical Engineering

BME205 /ELE203: Electronic Circuits

Laboratory Report
Experiment (5): Full-Wave Rectifier

Name: : Hala Alakabani ID: 202220006

Group Names:
 Name: Sara Alawa ID: 202220223
 Name: Mayar Mohamed ID: 202220158

Theory Instructor: Dr. Konstantinos Aidinis

Lab Instructor: Engr. Peter Yacoub
Section: Friday 10:00 – 11:59 (F8)

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23rd Feb 2024

 Objectives:
 To compute and illustrate the DC output voltages of full-wave rectifiers, both in the
absence and presence of a smoothing capacitor.

 Theoretical Background:
Rectification is the process of changing an AC current into a DC current.
You can use a single diode or a set of diodes to accomplish rectifying. Rectifiers are these
diodes that change AC current into DC current.
Half wave rectifier and full wave rectifier are the two basic categories into which rectifiers
are divided.
Full wave rectifier: A full wave rectifier is a kind of rectifier that creates a pulsating DC signal
from the AC signal's two half cycles. Two additional types of full wave rectifiers are center
tapped full wave rectifiers and full wave bridge rectifiers.

The Bridge Rectifier with Full Wave: The Full Wave Bridge Rectifier is a different kind of
circuit that generates an output waveform identical to the one produced by the full wave
rectifier circuit mentioned above. This kind of single-phase rectifier creates the desired
output by connecting four separate rectifying diodes in a closed loop "bridge" configuration.
This bridge circuit's primary benefit is that it is smaller and less expensive because it does
not need a unique center-tapped transformer. As indicated below, the load is connected to
one side of the diode bridge network and the single secondary winding to the other.

Only two of the four diodes with the labels D1 through D4 are conducting current during
each half cycle because they are grouped in "series pairs." As diodes D3 and D4 are reverse
biased and the current flows through the load as indicated below, diodes D1 and D2
conduct in series during the positive half cycle of the supply.
Diodes D1 and D2 switch "OFF" because they are now reverse biased, but diodes D3 and D4
conduct in series during the supply's negative half cycle.
The direction of the current flowing through the load remains unchanged.
Full-wave Rectifier with Smoothing Capacitor: The rectifier's full-wave rippled output is
transformed into a smoother DC output voltage by the smoothing capacitor. Its impact is
visible in the rectified output waveform, which is displayed.

 Simulator:

 Conclusion:
Because full-wave rectifiers are more efficient than half-wave rectifiers, they are most
frequently used in the rectification process. One can build full-wave rectifiers by utilizing
bridge diodes or a center-tap transformer. Whereas the bridge-diode rectifier used two
diodes for conduction, the center-tap rectifier only used one. Because it uses a two-winding
transformer, the center-tap full-wave rectifier is larger and more expensive. In contrast, a
bridge-diode rectifier adds a non-linear device and doubles the forward voltage drop by
using two diodes for rectification at the same time.