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Overview of Bridge Rectifier Principles

The document discusses a presentation on bridge rectifiers, including what they are, why they are needed, their working principle, and advantages and disadvantages. A bridge rectifier uses four diodes in a bridge circuit to efficiently convert AC to DC. It has higher efficiency than a half-wave rectifier and provides a smoother DC output.

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Overview of Bridge Rectifier Principles

The document discusses a presentation on bridge rectifiers, including what they are, why they are needed, their working principle, and advantages and disadvantages. A bridge rectifier uses four diodes in a bridge circuit to efficiently convert AC to DC. It has higher efficiency than a half-wave rectifier and provides a smoother DC output.

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Presentation on Bridge Rectifier

2 Topics to be Discussed

1. What is Bridge Rectifier.


2. Why does Bridge Rectifier is needed.
3. Working Principle of Bridge Rectifier.
4. Advantage and Disadvantage of Bridge
Rectifier
3 What is Bridge Rectifier

bridge rectifiers is a type of full-wave


rectifier that uses four or more diodes in a
bridge circuit configuration to efficiently
convert alternating (AC) current to a direct
(DC) current.
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Why Does ridge Rectifier is Needed

● Many electronic circuits require a


rectified DC power supply to power
various electronic basic components
from the available AC mains supply.
Rectifiers are used to convert an AC
power to a DC power.
● They are also used in electric welding.
5 Working Principle of Bridge Rectifier

● When an AC signal is applied across the bridge


rectifier, terminal A becomes positive during the
positive half cycle while terminal B becomes negative.
● This results in diodes D1 and D3 becoming forward
biased while D2 and D4 becoming reverse biased.
● During the negative half-cycle, terminal B becomes
positive while terminal A becomes negative.
● This causes diodes D2 and D4 to become forward
biased and diode D1 and D3 to be reverse biased.
● From the figures given above, we notice that the
current flow across load resistor RL is the same during
the positive and negative half-cycles. The output DC
signal polarity may be either completely positive or
negative
Advantage and Disadvantage of Bridge
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Rectifier

Advantage of Bridge Rectifier


● The efficiency of the bridge rectifier is higher than the
efficiency of a half-wave rectifier.
● The DC output signal of the bridge rectifier is smoother than the
output DC signal of a half-wave rectifier.
● A center tap transformer isn’t required
Advantage and Disadvantage of Bridge
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Rectifier

Disadvantage of Bridge Rectifier


● The circuit of a bridge rectifier is complex when compared to a
half-wave rectifier and centre-tapped full-wave rectifier.
● Require 4 diodes. Two diodes conducted at each cycle thats why
voltage drop is higher.
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