Re: Diode Strings

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

I would suggest looking at the LANL report by North (it's on Terry's site at
hotstreamer-dot-com).  It has a whole chapter on rectifier design with tables,
etc.

What you don't see much anymore is those old charts showing how much voltage
drop you get with a given load for simple C input or L input filters.
Cheap solid state regulators have probably made this obsolete... it's easier
to just make a higher voltage supply with a ton of ripple and regulate it
down.

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Subject: Re: Diode Strings


 > Original poster: "Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 > There's some useful stuff on diode rectifier circuits in this page from
 > SGS:
 >
 > http://www.eetasia-dot-com/ARTICLES/2000APR/2000APR15_AMD_PD_AN.PDF
 >
 > Not enough on PIV for various circuits, but does give a chart to
 > estimate "Peak to DC ratio" and also typical circuits.  I did a quick
 > Google search and was amazed that I didn't find scads of articles on
 > design of every conceivable diode rectifier circuit.  Almost every
 > diote/transistor data book "in the good old days" had a section on
 > designing various rectifier circuits, including figuring PIV for each
 > configuration.
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >