"Our material is unlike conventional electronic composites," said Michael Bartlett, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech who co-led the study, in a statement. "The circuit ...

Diodes are essential semiconductor devices used to control the direction of electrical current in circuits. This tutorial explains how diodes work, their different types, and why they are critical ...

A superconducting diode bridge composed of four superconducting diodes efficiently converts AC to DC at cryogenic temperatures, achieving rectification efficiencies up to 42% ± 5%.

Researchers from The University of Osaka have discovered the mechanism for supercurrent rectification, in which current flows primarily in one direction in a superconductor. By using a specific ...

Diodes Incorporated ZXGD3103 is a gate driver IC that is redefining rectification by enabling the use of MOSFETs in place of traditional Schottky diodes. Nowadays in power electronic devices, ...

where Np and Ns are the transformer’s primary and secondary windings, respectively. Considering the power level of a high- to low-voltage DC/DC converter and the power losses of a ...

Old radios often had selenium rectifiers to convert AC to DC. ... The circuit consists of a few diodes, ... the main transformer for an electric railway toy I was playing with as a kid IIRC.

As a result, the diode’s depletion region widens, resulting in increased electrical resistance and causing the diode to act as an open circuit. Figure 5: Reverse-biased diode. Source: A.K.