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Difference Between Half Wave and Full Wave Rectifier

Below we listed some differences between half-wave and full wave rectifier circuit –

Noted: The centre tap and diode bridge type rectifier both are full wave rectifier circuit.

Particulars	Half Wave	Centre-Tap	Diode Bridge Types
No. of diodes	1	2	4
Transformer necessary	no	yes	no
Max. efficiency	40.7%	81.2%	81.2%
Ripple Factor	1.21	0.48	0.48
Output frequency	fin	2fin	2fin

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