Note the inclusion of the center tap on the secondary of the transformer and the location of the ground connection between the two loads and their associated capacitors. Alternately, it can be thought...Note the inclusion of the center tap on the secondary of the transformer and the location of the ground connection between the two loads and their associated capacitors. Alternately, it can be thought of as the upper half of the secondary driving Rload+ while the bottom half drives Rload−, as if the bridge and two-diode versions were somehow combined in a transporter accident, as in the 1958 movie The Fly, although it doesn't scream “Help me!
