Durgapur: National Institute of Technology
Durgapur: National Institute of Technology
Durgapur: National Institute of Technology
DURGAPUR
EXPERIMENT-4
Theory :
Bridge Rectification is the process by which alternating current (a.c.) is
converted into direct current (d.c.) is called rectification and the circuit
which is used in this work is called a rectifier. Rectifiers are mainly
classified into three types: Half-wave rectifier, Center tapped full-wave
rectifier and Bridge Rectifier. All these three rectifiers have a common
aim that is to convert Alternating Current (AC) into Direct Current (DC).
In full wave rectification for both half of the input a. c. voltage current
flows through the load resistance in one direction. For one half of the
input voltage pair of diodes becomes forwardly biased, when the other
pair of diodes remains in reverse biased.
Again for the second half of a. c. input voltage the first two diodes
become reverse biased and the second two diodes become forward
biased. So, the current flows through the load in one direction.
In this way, in both halves of the a. c. input voltage across the load is
produced in one direction. This d. c. output is not smooth d. c. but
pulsating d.
c. i.e., both a. c. and d. c. components are present in the output. In order
to get pure d. c. voltage the output is smoothed by a filter circuit
Circuit diagram :
FIG.1
With using smoothing capacitor ( Filter circuit):
FIG – 2
Procedure :
OBSERVATION :
Configure the Full-wave bridge rectifier circuit as shown in the circuit diagram.
Note down all the values of the components being used
Connect the Input A.c through power supply and measure the
Output across the load resistor by using oscilloscope .
WITHOUT USING CAPACITOR -
❖ Input voltage (Vp) by CRO (peak):
Total No of Division = 7 and voltage per division = 2v Peak to peak Amplitude –
7*2 = 14 v
Peak voltage (Vp) = 7V
D.C output voltage : Select the multimeter in D.C mode and note the
value is across the resistance 3.38 V
Rms (A.C) voltage : select A.C mode in multimeter and value is 1.9 V
Ripple Factor = Vrms / V d.c = 1.9/3.38= 0.56
With Capacitor or filter Circuit – A capacitor is connected across the
resistance:
D.C output voltage by using Multimeter – 5.2V
RMS or A.C voltage by using multimeter – 0.34V
Ripple factor = 0.34/5.2 = 0.06
WITHOUT CAPACITOR :
RIPLLE FACTOR:
i)THEORITICAL 0.08