Although SPICE can be a powerful tool, there are pitfalls in relying solely on simulation. To avoid unpleasant surprises, it's imperative that a SPICE simulation be anchored to a detailed ...

A diode is a semiconductor device that allows electrical current to flow in one direction while blocking it in the other.

Synchronous rectification is being used to improve performance in an increasing number of ac/dc power supply applications, as tougher ecodesign targets drive designers to achieve further gains in ...

International Rectifier (IR) has launched a range of 75V and 100V HEXFET® MOSFETs specifically for AC-DC synchronous rectification (SR) and ORing circuits. The MOSFETs feature benchmark low ...

ELECTRONICS: Pioneer Magnetics introduced a 10kW Rectifier (PMI 36220B-8P). With power factor correction and in keeping with PMI’s standard setting 5 inch x 5 inch package, this super high power ...

[Robert Murray-Smith] presents for us an interesting electronic device from years gone by, before the advent of Silicon semiconductors, the humble metal oxide rectifier. After the electronic dust had ...

Fig. 1. Typical diode full-wave bridge. Full-wave diode bridges are found in many electronic systems (Fig. 1). At typical AC power line voltages, the drop across the diodes has little impact on the ...