LITERATURE REVIEW (FYP 1)

JOURNAL 13



BRIDGE RECTIFIER


A bridge rectifier is a type of full wave rectifier which uses four or more diodes in a bridge circuit configuration to efficiently convert the Alternating Current (AC) into Direct Current (DC). The bridge rectifier is made up of four diodes namely D1, D2, D3, D4 and load resistor RL. The four diodes are connected in a closed loop (Bridge) configuration to efficiently convert the Alternating Current (AC) into Direct Current (DC). The main advantage of this bridge circuit configuration is that we do not require an expensive center tapped transformer, thereby reducing its cost and size.

Characteristics of bridge rectifier:
  • Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV)
  • Ripple factor
  • Rectifier efficiency


Advantages of bridge rectifier:
  • Low ripples in the output DC signal
  • High rectifier efficiency
  • Low power loss

Disadvantages of bridge rectifier:
  • Bridge rectifier circuit looks very complex
  • More power loss as compared to the center tapped full wave rectifier

Credit to : Reuban, S. (2014). Desing and Implementation of A Microcontroller Based Automatic Door NAd Visitor Counter.

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