A major cause of losses in a conventional power supply using a 50/60-Hz transformer is the bridge rectifier. This article shows how to build a “greener” rectifier, substantially reducing losses by ...

Wireless charging for cellphones or e-book readers is appearing more regularly. We've all seen articles showing various methods to cut the annoying cord. There are various mats and coils available for ...

Eltek Valere’s new 2000-W ac-dc rectifier for telecom applications boosts typical efficiency from the 92% available from some existing rectifiers to 96%, cutting rectifier power losses in half (see ...

To expand design flexibility in power electronics, RECOM Power has introduced a new range of discrete rectifier ICs to ...

The 2500-W CAR2512 front-end rectifier is used for low-profile 12-V distributed-power-architecture applications, including enterprise and service-provider switches and routers, mid-to-high-end servers ...