Electronic Design

Controller Lets Designers Replace Rectifier Bridge Diodes With MOSFETs

With Linear Technology’s LT4320 ideal-diode bridge controller, power supply designers can replace each of the four diodes in a conventional full-wave bridge rectifier with a low-loss N-channel MOSFET.
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 ...