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smoothing capacitor

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smoothing capacitor

Large electronic capacitor connected across the output of a rectifier circuit that has the effect of smoothing out the voltage variations to give a nearly steady DC voltage supply.

The voltage and current output from a rectifier circuit fitted with a smoothing capacitor is similar to that provided by a battery.
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