Consequently, the downstream power converter has to work over a wide input range. The upper end is 57V, dictated by PoE, while the lower end is set to 10.8V by the 12V±10% input. A diode bridge ...

A full-bridge diode rectifier after the auxiliary (old-school) input produces positive DC power from either 24V AC, +12V DC or –12V DC. The resulting DC power and the PoE inputs are diode-ORed, with ...

Linear Technology Corporation announces the availability of a low loss 3-phase ideal diode bridge rectifier reference design, demonstrated on evaluation board DC2465. Conventional 3-phase rectifiers ...

The power MOSFETs’ body diodes (shown by dashed lines) make up a diode bridge rectifier in the usual way. During the first half cycle after power-up, this “parasitic” bridge rectifier ...

Ideal diode bridge controller for 9 V to 72 V systems replaces each of the four diodes in a full-wave bridge rectifier with a low loss N-channel MOSFET. The LT4320 from Linear Technology is an ...

Skip the lightbulb altogether, and just use a 4-diode bridge and a capacitor. This is how some of the new-fangled LED nightlights get mains down to a usable voltage.

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 ...

The LT4320 from Linear Technology is designed to replace each of the four diodes in a full wave bridge rectifier with a low loss N channel mosfet. Aimed at 9 to 72V systems, the diode bridge ...