Rectifiers

Rectifier
Rectifier is an electrical device which converts alternating current into direct current. This process of converting ac to dc is known as rectification
Rectifiers are used as components of power supplies and as detectors of radio signals. Rectifiers may be made of solid state diodes, vacuum tube diodes, and other components.
The circuit which performs the function of converting dc to ac is known as inverter.
Half-wave Rectifier







Types of Full-wave rectifier
• 1)Center-trapped Rectifier
2) Bridge Rectifier


Applications
• The primary application of rectifiers is to derive usable DC power from an AC supply. Virtually all electronics except simple motor circuits such as fans require a DC supply but mains power is AC so rectifiers are used inside the power supply of all electronics.