PHYSICS PROJECT

ON
FULL WAVE RECTIFIER

By: Daksh Patel

STD: XII - B
Roll No: 12
 INDEX

1. AIM

2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

3. CERTIFICATE

4. INTRODUCTION

5. MATERIALS REQUIRED

6. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

7. WORKING

8. BIBLOGRAPHY
 AIM

To construct a full wave rectifier and show that that

Alternating Current is rectified into a Direct
Current.
 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 in the construction

 Connecting wires

 A Plug

 Single lead wire - 2m

 3 Nuts & Bolts 2 to 3cm length

 A Circuit board

 A Transformer

 A Capacitor

 A Resistor (1 K Ω)

 P-N junction diodes

 An LED

 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 en d 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
1st 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
S1D1 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 S2D2ABEOS2 and 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.
GRAPH
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Physics-Textbook for Class XII ; NCERT

 Modern’s abc of PHYSICS

 Encyclopaedias

Websites:
 www.google.com

 www.wikipedia.org

 www.ncert.nic.in
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my physics

mentor Mr Anish Pillai, for his vital support, guidance and
encouragement throughout the year.

I am grateful to my parents whose blessings and wishes have

gone a long way in the completion of this arduous task.

I thank my friends and batch mates, without their prompt

support my efforts would have been in vain.

THANK YOU ALL!!

Daksh Patel
XII-B
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr Daksh Patel of class XII of Bharatiya

Vidya Bhavans has successfully completed the project on
“FULL WAVE RECTIFIER” within the stipulated time with
sincerity and devotion under my guidance towards the
fulfilment of credit for the Physics Project evaluation.

Mr Anish Pillai
(Faculty of Physics)