The main disadvantage of a bridge rectifier is that it needs four diodes, two of which conduct in alternate half-cycles. Because of this the total voltage drop in diodes becomes double of that in case of centre-tap rectifier, losses are increased and rectification efficiency is somewhat reduced. This poses a problem when low voltages are required. Another disadvantage of bridge rectifier is that the load resistor R
Land the supply source have no common point which may be earthed.
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∙ 13y agoIn a half wave rectifier you need 2 x the AC voltage to get the same DC voltage. Along with this, you cannot get a positive and negative voltage like you can with a full wave rectifier. This is often a desirable thing to have in modern electronic circuits.
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∙ 13y agoNone. Best, cleanest way to convert A.C to D.C. of all the diode configurations.
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∙ 12y agoHalf of the AC waveform is blocked and not used.
There is a large amount of ripple as the AC is chopped up into pulses of DC.
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∙ 12y agoThe disadvantage of the full wave rectifier is the use of somany diodes.
either less ripple or ability to use smaller filter
Half wave rectifier makes the the sinusoidal wave uni-direction only in one half cycle and leave the other but in full wave rectifier both the cycles are made uni-directional.
You use a half-wave rectifier where the system design does not require a full-wave approach. Half wave rectifier output is used for running ac motors.
The output degrades to a half-wave rectifier.
The a.c. component, or ripple, produced by the 4-diode (full wave) bridge rectifier is the same as that produced by the 2-diode full wave rectifier. The bridge is connected across the secondary winding of a transformer. The 2 diodes of the other type of full wave rectifier are each connected to one end of a winding, but that winding requires a center tap. For any desired value of d.c. after rectification, the a.c. voltage of the 2-diode rectifier winding has to be twice that of the winding required for the bridge.
"What is the functioning procedure of full wave rectifier by using SCRs?" "What is the functioning procedure of full wave rectifier by using SCRs?"
Efficiency is double in case of full wave rectifier.
either less ripple or ability to use smaller filter
It depends on whether or not it is a half wave or full wave rectifier. For a single phase 60 Hz rectifier, a half wave rectifier will be 60 Hz while a full wave rectifier will be 120 Hz. A three phase full wave rectifier will be 360 Hz.
An open diode will result in no output from a half wave rectifier, and an open diode will cut the output of a full wave rectifier in half.
full wave rectifier, because in half wave rectifier only one p-n junction diode Ans 2. In full wave rectifier both negative & positive cycles are rectified , but , in half wave rectifier only the positive or the negative cycle is rectified . That's why full wave rectifier provides more power .
Half wave rectifier makes the the sinusoidal wave uni-direction only in one half cycle and leave the other but in full wave rectifier both the cycles are made uni-directional.
rectifier is used to resist the current likewise in bridge wave rectifier ,the inductive load is used to resist high amount of current because in bridge wave we cannot resist the current by using rectifier ..so we are using inductive load here
The Ripple factor for full-wave rectifier is given by: r= Iac/Idc = 0.482
The purpose of a bridge rectifier is to basically turn AC into DC. In a half wave rectifier you just eliminate the negative part of sine wave so you have positive cycle and then zero volts for 1/2 a cycle. In a full wave you flip the negative to positive so you have continually repeating positive halfs of the sine wave. So, it is easier to filter the full wave into DC with a capacitor and you get more average power. The down side is the bridge is slightly more complex.
A half wave rectifier is not as effective as a full wave rectifier. With a 1/2 wave, you are throwing away one hump of the sine wave...either positive or negative portion. With a full wave rectifier you get both humps...either positive or negative. The resultant effective voltage is much greater with a full wave rectifier, because there is very little time when the voltage is zero. The half wave is zero for 1/2 of the cycle.
Output voltage is higher!!!