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Diode bridge
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Semiconductor diode
Updated
2025-04-24
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Created
1970-01-01
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Figure 1.
I-V curve
of
a
diode
.
Source
. This
image
shows well how the
diode
is only an
approximation
of the ideal one way device. Notably, there is this
V
d
non-ideal
voltage
drop across the device, which can be modelled
as
constant. It is however an exponential in
fact
.
Video 1.
Diodes
Explained by The
Engineering
Mindset (2020)
Source
.
Good
video
:
youtu.be/Fwj_d3uO5g8?t=153
how it works
youtu.be/Fwj_d3uO5g8?t=514
applications:
protection
against accidental battery inversion
rectifiers
, notably mentions
a
diode bridge
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