Full- Wave bridge rectifier circuit

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A Rectifier circuit is a circuit that changes the current from AC to DC at the Load.

When the AC current is segmented by the diodes due to their configuration in the circuit (only letting current flow in one direction), only the positive peaks will appear, making a positive signal that oscillates up and down only in the positive voltage domain.
this creates a constantly interrupted signal as its not a constant DC voltage, yet.

The capacitor discharges when the DC signal starts to drop and overcompensate the signal by adding onto the current. it in order to make it more even. This causes a ripple voltage 

The higher the capacitance = The lower the Ripple voltage when the capacitor discharges.

published 9 years ago

dansperfect

8 years ago

In this case right her dependinng on the voltagr value of the capacitor will depend onthe voltage seen on the output. You can double the peak voltage of the input to be your constan voltage out. This simulation software doesnt do this because its controlling the voltage itself on what it thinks it should be rather then letting us set it. Try it on a bread board youll see what i mean. You can get even higher voltage out using a step up transformer inbetween the input and the rectifier circuit with the transformer putting in the same voltage as if there were no transformer.

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