Publication detail

Current-Mode Rectifiers and Analysis of Diode Reverse Recovery Time Influence

KUBÁNEK, D. VRBA, K. KOTON, J.

Original Title

Current-Mode Rectifiers and Analysis of Diode Reverse Recovery Time Influence

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

An explanation of the diode reverse recovery mechanism is provided in a simple circuit. Then a two-diode circuit fed by current is analyzed from the reverse recovery point of view. This simple circuit is often a part of rectifiers with current-mode active elements that are suitable for high-frequency signal processing. Feeding the rectifying diodes by current is advantageous because a diode fed by current can be usually considered as an ideal switch and its forward voltage drop can be neglected. A voltage bias is applied in the two-diode circuit mentioned to keep the diodes close to their conducting state and to reduce their voltage swing, which also reduces the diode capacity discharge time significantly. A symbolic formula for the time response of the two-diode circuit is computed using a differential equation describing the circuit. Graphical waveforms of the currents and voltages are computed and the influence of the bias voltage on the switching time is observed. A versatile rectifier with current follower is presented. It can operate in current, voltage and mixed mode and its high-frequency performance can be also improved by a bias voltage, which is verified by PSpice simulation.

Keywords

Precision Rectifier, Current Follower, Diode Reverse Recovery Time

Authors

KUBÁNEK, D.; VRBA, K.; KOTON, J.

RIV year

2009

Released

1. 9. 2009

Publisher

Asszisztencia Szervezo Kft.

Location

Budapest

ISBN

978-963-06-7716-5

Book

Proceedings of the 32th International Conference Telecommunications and Signal Processing, TSP 2009

Pages from

1

Pages to

5

Pages count

5

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT33933,
  author="David {Kubánek} and Kamil {Vrba} and Jaroslav {Koton}",
  title="Current-Mode Rectifiers and Analysis of Diode Reverse Recovery Time Influence",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the 32th International Conference Telecommunications and Signal Processing, TSP 2009",
  year="2009",
  pages="1--5",
  publisher="Asszisztencia Szervezo Kft.",
  address="Budapest",
  isbn="978-963-06-7716-5"
}