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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Edward K. F. Lee, Fullerton, CA (US);
The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for rectifying and regulating an input voltage are disclosed. A biasing circuit is configured to generate a biasing voltage greater than the maximum value of the input voltage minus a forward bias voltage of a p-n junction diode and apply the biasing voltage to the body terminal of a MOSFET. The biasing circuit may generate the biasing voltage by rectifying the input voltage. A control circuit is configured to generate a gate voltage based on the rectified and regulated output voltage and apply the gate voltage to the gate terminal of the MOSFET.