Electronic Design

MicroDIP Bridge Rectifiers

Fairchild Semiconductor MDBxS series of MicroDIP Bridge Rectifiers have one of the lowest package height, with 1A bridge rectifiers available. The MDBxS series is designed to meet the needs of space ...
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 ...
EDN

LTC Design Note: Active bridge rectifiers reduce heat dissipation within PoE security cameras

Not quite. To meet compatibility with existing systems, camera manufacturers must produce PoE-enabled cameras that are also compatible with legacy power sources—they must accept PoE 37V to 57V DC from ...
EDN

Active bridge optimizes Power over Ethernet design

Bridge rectifier circuits used at the power input of a device allow it to be insensitive to the polarity of the device’s power source. The device itself may be sensitive to the polarity of the power ...
Hackaday

bridge rectifier

Everyone loves a full-wave bridge rectifier, but there’s no denying that they aren’t 100% efficient due to the diode voltage drop. Which isn’t to say that with some effort we cannot create an ideal ...