For one-off projects or prototyping, it’s not too hard to find a wall wart or power supply ... bridge rectifier is paired with a capacitor as well as a zener diode. The second circuit presented ...

Their benefits are such that it’s become surprisingly rare to see a traditional linear power supply with a mains-frequency transformer and rectifier circuit, so [ElectroBoy]’s dual voltage PSU ...

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has introduced 16 new 650-V and 1,200-V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes in the ...

For one, it acted like a rectifier ... including Shockley Diodes, exist. Thyristors are chiefly used as switches to control power supplies -- often in electrical utility systems.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced 16 new 650 V and 1200 V silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes in the ...

The devices are optimized for use as clamp, snubber, and freewheeling diodes in various applications, including flyback auxiliary power supplies and high-frequency rectifiers for bootstrap driver ...