Performance evaluation of synchronous rectification in front-end full-bridge rectifiers

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 310-316

  Huber, Laszlo ^a   Jovanović, Milan M ^a  

^a DELTA PRODUCTS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODE RECTIFIER; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FULL-BRIDGE; FULL-LOAD; IN-RUSH CURRENT; INPUT TERMINALS; LIGHT LOADS; LINE VOLTAGE; MOSFETS; N-CHANNEL; NO LOAD; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POWER MANAGEMENTS; PROTECTION METHODS; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER; UNIVERSAL LINES;

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; EXHIBITIONS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84860109669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2012.6165836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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