Bridge rectifier circuit

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1983-12-07

1985-08-13

Rubinson, Gene Z.

Electrical transmission or interconnection systems

Nonlinear reactor systems

Parametrons

307257, 363127, H03K 522

Patent

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045352038

ABSTRACT:
A bridge rectifier circuit comprises a bridge of switching transistors 1 to 4 having their control terminals connected to switch the transistors to provide either full wave rectification of an a.c. input voltage or polarity correction of a d.c. input voltage of either polarity appearing at terminals A and B. The switching transistors are all of the same polarity type and at least two floating drivers 6 and 7 are connected to generate and supply control potentials to the control terminals respectively of a pair of the switching transistors.
In a preferred embodiment the switching transistors comprise field effect transistors. The floating drivers can comprise at least one respective bridge rectifier 12 capacitively linked to a source of voltage pulses 10 when the input voltage has a predetermined polarity, to generate the control potentials. Alternatively the floating drivers can comprise a voltage doubler or quadrupler capacitively linked to the source of voltage pulses. Such bridge rectifier circuits can be employed in a telephone instrument.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4213012 (1980-07-01), Carroll et al.
patent: 4319144 (1982-03-01), King et al.

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