Everyone loves a full-wave bridge rectifier, but there’s no denying that they aren’t 100% efficient due to the diode voltage ...

Abstract: Active front-end boost rectifiers can replace the uncontrolled diode bridge rectifiers for ac–dc conversion offering high power quality with near unity power factor. The four-switch, B4, ...

Crowbar circuits have long been the go-to safeguard against overvoltage conditions, prized for their simplicity and ...

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Abstract: Solid-state transformers (SSTs) are conventionally based on a multistage architecture, with an input and/or an output ac/dc converter (for interfacing with the ac grid and/or the load), and ...