P-N Junction Diode and its applications: Practice Problem & Solution

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Bridge full-wave rectifiers are more popular because they do not require a costly center-tapped transformer and offer higher output voltage. So Assertion (A) is true. Reason (R) is also true as a bridge rectifier uses four diodes. However, the number of diodes is not the primary reason for its preference over a center-tap rectifier.