Design a rectifier fed from 220-V line through a step-down transformer. The load  requires an average voltage of 9 V and average power of 2.5 W. Use each of the  three circuits: half-wave, center-tapped full-wave and bridge type full-wave.

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Design a rectifier fed from 220-V line through a step-down transformer. The load 
requires an average voltage of 9 V and average power of 2.5 W. Use each of the 
three circuits: half-wave, center-tapped full-wave and bridge type full-wave.

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