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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Wing Choi Ho, Yuen Long, HK;
Ron Shu Yuen Hui, Shatin, HK;
Xun Liu, Ma On Shan, HK;
ConvenientPower HK Ltd., Central, HK;
Abstract
A full-bridge rectifier is configured to provide synchronous rectification with either a current-source or a voltage-source. The rectifier has an upper branch and a lower branch and two current loops, with each of the branches including voltage- or current-controlled active switches, diodes or combinations thereof that are selected such that each loop includes one active switch or diode from the upper branch and one active switch or diode from the lower branch, and each current loop comprises at least one diode or current-controlled active switch, and at least one voltage- or current-controlled active switch is included in one of the upper or lower branches.