Physics Project

PHYSICS PROJECT
ON
Full Wave Rectifier
By
ANAND SHANKAR
CLASS XII B
ON TOPIC- FULL WAVE
RECTIFIER
INDEX
1. CERTIFICATE
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
3. AIM
4. INTRODUCTION
5. MATERIALS REQUIRED
6. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
7. WORKING
8. BIBLOGRAPHY
CERTIFICATE
This is to clarify that ANAND SHANKAR of

class XII B has successfully completed the
project work on PHYSICS, titled as “FULL
WAVE RECTIFIER”, for class XII practical
examination of Central Board of Secondary
Education in the year 2023-2024. It is further
certified that this project is the individual
work of the candidate
TEACHERS SIGNATURE
ACKNOWLEGEMENT
I place my sincere thanks to my physics

teacher Mr. G.P.JHA For his guidance
and advise to complete my work
successfully. I also take this
opportunity to thank my parents for
the countless blessings showered on
me while doing the work and for
encouragement and support in my
humble venture.
AIM
“To construct a full
wave rectifier and
show 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
1. Connecting wires
2. A plug
3. Single lead wire - 2m
4. 3 nuts & Bolts 2 to 3cm length
5. Circuit board
6. A Transformer
7. A capacitor
8. A Resistor (1 K Ω )
9. P-N junction diodes
10. A LED
11. 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 end 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 S 1D1 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 S2D2
ABEOS2and 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.
Bibliography
 Physics – Textbook for XII
(NCERT)
 Modern’s ABC of Physics
 Laboratory Manual (Rachna
Sagar Pub.)
 Encyclopaedia

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