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In the case of full-wave rectifier, the ripple factor is

In the case of full-wave rectifier, the ripple factor is 0.48.

This means that the RMS value of the AC component is approximately 48.2% of the average value of the DC component in the output.

The lower the ripple factor, the smoother the DC output, which is desirable in many applications.

\(\Gamma = \sqrt {{{\left( {\frac{{{V_{Rms}}}}{{{V_{DC}}}}} \right)}^2} - 1}\)

\(\begin{array}{l}\Gamma = \sqrt {{{\left( {\dfrac{{{V_{Rms}}}}{{{V_{DC}}}}} \right)}^2} - 1} \\\\\Gamma = \sqrt {{{\left( {\dfrac{{{V_m}/\sqrt 2 }}{{2{V_m}/\pi }}} \right)}^2} - 1} \\\\\Gamma = \sqrt {{{\left( {\dfrac{\pi }{8}} \right)}^2} - 1} \\\\\Gamma = 0.482\end{array}\)