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  2. Rectifier - Wikipedia

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    As with single-phase rectifiers, three-phase rectifiers can take the form of a half-wave circuit, a full-wave circuit using a center-tapped transformer, or a full-wave bridge circuit. Thyristors are commonly used in place of diodes to create a circuit that can regulate the output voltage. Many devices that provide direct current actually ...

  3. Bridge circuit - Wikipedia

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    In power supply design, a bridge circuit or bridge rectifier is an arrangement of diodes or similar devices used to rectify an electric current, i.e. to convert it from an unknown or alternating polarity to a direct current of known polarity. In some motor controllers, an H-bridge is used to control the direction the motor turns.

  4. Electronic symbol - Wikipedia

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    An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices or functions, such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors, in a schematic diagram of an electrical or electronic circuit. These symbols are largely standardized internationally today, but may vary from country to country, or engineering ...

  5. Diode bridge - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 October 2024. Circuit arrangement of four diodes Diode bridge Diode bridge in various packages Type Semiconductor Invented Karol Pollak in 1895 Electronic symbol 2 alternating-current (AC) inputs converted into 2 direct-current (DC) outputs A hand-made diode bridge. The silver band on the diodes ...

  6. Reference designator - Wikipedia

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    A reference designator unambiguously identifies the location of a component within an electrical schematic or on a printed circuit board. The reference designator usually consists of one or two letters followed by a number, e.g. C3, D1, R4, U15. The number is sometimes followed by a letter, indicating that components are grouped or matched with ...

  7. Mercury-arc valve - Wikipedia

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    Mercury rectifier on display in the Beromünster AM transmitter in Switzerland, before being decommissioned.Three-phase full-wave rectifier with six anodes. A mercury-arc valve or mercury-vapor rectifier or (UK) mercury-arc rectifier [1] [2] is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high-voltage or high-current alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC).

  8. Active rectification - Wikipedia

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    Active full-wave rectification with two MOSFETs and a center tap transformer. Replacing a diode with an actively controlled switching element such as a MOSFET is the heart of active rectification. MOSFETs have a constant very low resistance when conducting, known as on-resistance (R DS(on)). They can be made with an on-resistance as low as 10 ...

  9. AC-to-AC converter - Wikipedia

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    The PWM rectifier is controlled in a way that a sinusoidal AC line current is drawn, which is in phase or anti-phase (for energy feedback) with the corresponding AC line phase voltage. Due to the DC-link storage element, there is the advantage that both converter stages are to a large extent decoupled for control purposes.