Everyone loves a full-wave bridge rectifier, but there’s no denying that they aren’t 100% efficient due to the diode voltage ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Power management leader, Kinetic Technologies, is expanding its Power over Ethernet (PoE) portfolio with the introduction of the KTA1170 dual active bridge rectifier ...

The invention of electric diodes, which were the first devices to enable the rectification of current flux, marked the emergence of modern electronics and eventually led to worldwide revolutions in ...

When it comes to efficiency, every bit helps. Designers now are borrowing ideas from higher-power (200W and above) designs to squeeze every watt from low-power designs—50 to 200W. Consequently, the ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. The phase-shifted full bridge with current doubler output stage is a popular power supply topology in high-power and low-voltage, high-current ...

Modern power conversion requires ever-increasing efficiency combined with high power density. In fact, making a small high-efficiency system means saving space and reducing energy consumption, which ...

A Bridgeless PFC converter based on a novel switching method eliminates full-bridge rectifiers and helps to reduce the size and cost of switching power supplies. Last month, we described a ...