Electronic Design

Low Loss 3-Phase Ideal Diode Bridge Rectifier Reduces Heat, Easing Thermal Design

Linear Technology announced the availability of a low loss 3-phase ideal diode bridge rectifier reference design, demonstrated on evaluation board DC2465. Linear Technology announced the availability ...
Electronics Weekly

Active diodes for bridge rectifiers cut that pesky 0.6V drop

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has announced a family of active diodes which can reduce the 1.2V forward drop of 600V bridge rectifiers. “Both products are self-powered from the AC line and do not ...
Electronic Design

Controller Lets Designers Replace Rectifier Bridge Diodes With MOSFETs (.PDF Download)

Replacing the silicon rectifier diodes in a full-wave bridge with N-type MOSFETs eliminates the V f drop in each conducting pair. The effects of the gain in efficiency are not trivial. To accomplish ...
Digi Times

Lite-On Semi rolls out new full bridge rectifier diodes

Discrete component supplier Lite-On Semiconductor has released a new full bridge rectifier integrating its MOSFET chips and Schottky diodes for wireless charging applications. Save my User ID and ...