University Institute of Engineering

BEEE Project: Full Wave Rectifier

Group Members:
Ashish 19BCS1964 Submitted To:
Harshit Dhir 19BCS1963 Kanchan Mam
Himanshu 19BCS1962
Nitesh 19BCS1966

Batch – CSE 14 (A)

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.

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 K Ω)

9. P-N junction diodes

10. A LED

11. Insulation tape, Blades, soldering wax, soldering lead, soldering iron & sand
paper.

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
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’ flows 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 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.