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Precision rectifier
About: Precision rectifier is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4952 publications have been published within this topic receiving 63668 citations. The topic is also known as: super diode.
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02 Oct 1996TL;DR: In this paper, a synchronous rectifier type DC-to-DC converter capable of preventing an increase in losses occurring when a rectifier synchronous switch and a flywheel synchronous switching switch are turned on simultaneously, and the destruction of FETs or windings due to large currents.
Abstract: Disclosed is a synchronous rectifier type DC-to-DC converter capable of preventing an increase in losses occurring when a rectifier synchronous rectification switch and a flywheel synchronous rectification switch, which are responsible for rectification on the side of a secondary winding of a transformer, are turned on simultaneously, and the destruction of FETs or windings due to large currents. The DC-to-DC converter comprises a transformer, a primary switching device connected in series with a primary winding of the transformer, a control circuit for controlling turning on or off of the primary switching device, a rectifier synchronous rectification switching device, and a flywheel synchronous rectification switching device, and converts a voltage of a DC power source into another voltage. The DC-to-DC converter further comprises a rectifier rise delay inductive device connected in series with the rectifier synchronous rectification switching device and a flywheel rise delay inductive device connected in series with the flywheel synchronous rectification switching device.
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12 Dec 2008TL;DR: In this paper, a high efficiency differential CMOS rectifier circuit for UHF RFID was developed, which has a cross-coupled bridge configuration and is driven by a differential RF input.
Abstract: A high efficiency differential CMOS rectifier circuit for UHF RFIDs was developed. The rectifier has a cross-coupled bridge configuration and is driven by a differential RF input. Differential-drive topology enables simultaneous low ON-resistance and small reverse leakage of diode-connected MOS transistors, resulting in large power conversion efficiency(PCE), especially under small RF input power conditions. The differential-drive rectifier was fabricated with 0.18-mum CMOS technology, and the measured performance was compared with those of other types of rectifiers. Dependence of the PCE on an input RF signal frequency and output loading conditions was also evaluated. 66% of PCE was achieved under conditions of 953 MHz, -12 dBm RF input and 10 KOmega DC output load. This is twice as large as that of the state-of-the-art rectifier circuit. The peak PCE increases with a decrease in operation frequency and with an increase in output load resistance.
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TL;DR: In this article, a wafer-type silicon point-contact rectifier and holder designed primarily for use as the first detector in millimeter wave receivers are described, and a pilot production group of one hundred wafer rectifier units yielded the following average performance data at a wavelength of 5.4 millimeters.
Abstract: A wafer-type silicon point-contact rectifier and holder designed primarily for use as the first detector in millimeter wave receivers are described. Measurements made on a pilot production group of one hundred wafer rectifier units yielded the following average performance data at a wavelength of 5.4 millimeters: conversion loss, 7.2 db; noise ratio, 2.2; intermediate frequency output impedance 340 ohms. Methods of estimating the values of the circuit parameters of a point-contact rectifier are given in an Appendix.
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TL;DR: In this article, the performance of a Class E full-wave current-driven rectifier was investigated for the first time in WPT systems, and a procedure was also developed to optimize the design of the rectifier and the MHz WPT system.
Abstract: Wireless power transfer (WPT) working at megahertz (MHz) is now being widely considered a promising candidate for the midrange transfer of a medium amount of power. Efforts have been made to build high-efficiency MHz WPT systems via both component- and system-level approaches. However, so far there have been few discussions on high-frequency rectifier for MHz WPT applications. The soft-switching-based rectifiers, such as the Class E rectifiers, are one of the promising candidates for MHz rectification. This paper investigates the application of a Class E full-wave current-driven rectifier, for the first time, in WPT systems. A procedure is also developed to optimize the design of the rectifier and the MHz WPT system. For comparison purposes, the performances of both the Class E rectifier and the conventional full-bridge rectifier are investigated in terms of total harmonic distortion (THD), efficiency, power factor, voltage/current stresses, and voltage/current transfer functions, when being applied in an example 6.78-MHz WPT system. The simulation and experimental results show that the input voltage THD of the Class E full-wave rectifier is reduced to one-fourth of the THD of the full-bridge rectifier. In the optimally designed MHz WPT system, efficiencies of both the rectification (over 91%) and the overall system (around 80%) are obviously improved compared to the system using the conventional full-bridge rectifier.
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TL;DR: Three digital control schemes for a new single-phase bridge rectifier controlled by a predictive instantaneous-current PWM control scheme for reducing AC-side harmonic currents and improving power factor are described.
Abstract: A new single-phase bridge rectifier controlled by a predictive instantaneous-current PWM control scheme for reducing AC-side harmonic currents and improving power factor is proposed. The rectifier can operate at the unity displacement power factor and has fast response to an input signal as a current reference. The effect of the DC-side voltage ripples is taken into account. The paper describes three digital control schemes for such rectifiers and presents experimental and simulation studies on steady-state and dynamic performances of the rectifier. The effectiveness of the control schemes is confirmed by experiments and simulations. The proposed rectifier can be used for applications such as UPS systems and static VAr compensators.
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