said to have a pulse-number of three, since the output voltage on the DC side contains three distinct pulses per cycle of the grid frequency:

The peak values of this three-pulse DC voltage are calculated from the RMS value of the input phase voltage (line to neutral voltage, 120 V in North America, 240 V within Europe at mains operation): . The average no-load output voltage results from the integral under the graph of a positive half-wave with the period duration of (from 30° to 150°):

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