Voltage and Current Ripple in Rectifier Systems

In a rectifier system with inductive load circuit the current fluctuations correspond to the time integral of the voltage absorbed by the inductance, while in a circuit with an L-C filter the current ripple is defined by the harmonic composition of the output voltage. Both calculations are rather complex; however, once computed, the results are generally valid. Therefore, this work has been done by the author, and for all operating conditions of interest the results are presented by this paper.