With all the availabilities of low-cost, extremely trustworthy and small-sized silicon diodes bridge rectifier has started to become more and a lot more popular as compared to center-tap and half-wave rectifier. It has lots of advantages over a center-tap and half-wave rectifier, as specified underneath.

The rectification efficiency of full-wave rectifier is double of that of the half-wave rectifier.

The ripple voltage is reduced and of upper frequency in case of full-wave rectifier so simple filtering circuit is needed.

Higher output voltage, greater output electricity and better Transformer Utilization Issue (TUF) in the event of a full-wave rectifier.

Within a full-wave rectifier, there isn't any challenge because of to dc saturation with the main because the dc present in the two halves of the two halves of your transformer secondary move in opposite directions.

No centre faucet is required inside the transformer secondary so in case of a bridge rectifier the transformer needed is less complicated. If stepping up or stepping down of voltage will not be needed, transformer is usually eliminated even.

The PIV is a single 50 % that of centre-tap rectifier. That's why bridge rectifier is highly suited for high voltage purposes.

Transformer utilization variable, in case of a bridge rectifier, is better than that of the centre-tap rectifier.

For the provided electricity output, electrical power transformer of smaller dimensions may be used in case of the bridge rectifier mainly because existing in both of those (most important and secondary) windings with the source transformer flow for the whole ac cycle.

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One Period Rectifier

Half-wave Rectification

Full-wave Rectification

Single Phase Full-Wave Bridge Rectifier

Full-wave Half-controlled Bridge Rectifier