Full Wave Half Bridge Rectifier. Half wave rectifier cannot provide as much efficiency in compare to bridge rectifier because it only convert positive half cycle into dc. On the other hand full wave rectifier is an electronic circuit which converts entire cycle of ac into pulsating dc.
The best rectifier is full wave bridge rectifier. In our tutorial on half wave rectifiers we have seen that a half wave rectifier makes use of only one half cycle of the input alternating current. Half wave rectifier cannot provide as much efficiency in compare to bridge rectifier because it only convert positive half cycle into dc.
Full wave rectifier in full wave rectification when the ac supply is applied at the input during both the half cycles i e positive as well as negative current flows through the load in the same direction.
The main advantages of a full wave bridge rectifier is that it has a smaller ac ripple value for a given load and a smaller reservoir or smoothing capacitor than an equivalent half wave rectifier. The main advantages of a full wave bridge rectifier is that it has a smaller ac ripple value for a given load and a smaller reservoir or smoothing capacitor than an equivalent half wave rectifier. Half wave rectifier s peak output voltage are same as input peak output voltage but it waste many voltages. A bridge rectifier is a type of full wave varying dc circuit where four diodes are connected.
