Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering: Unit III: Analog Electronics

Rectifier

Parameters, Type

A rectifier is an electrical circuit that converts alternating currents to direct current, and the process is known as rectification.

RECTIFIER:

A rectifier is an electrical circuit that converts alternating currents to direct current, and the process is known as rectification.

An electric circuit which performs the opposite function is known as an inverter. 

Parameters of Rectifier:

• Average DC current and voltage (IDC & VDC)

• RMS value of the current IRMS

• DC output power (PDC)

• AC output power (PDAC)

• Efficiency (n)

• Ripple factor (y)

• Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV)

• Transformer Utilization Factor (TUF)

• Regulation

Type of Rectifier:

• Half-wave rectifier

• Full-wave rectifier

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