# Diodes and their applications

### Explanation of question 10

A reservoir capacitor is connected across a resistive load supplied via a bridge rectifier. The capacitor will

1. increase the ripple voltage
2. increase the ripple frequency
3. decrease the ripple voltage
4. decrease the ripple frequency

The answer is :- 3 The capacitor will smooth the waveform, i.e. decrease the ripple voltage.

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