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    A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC), which flows...
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  • Look up rectifier in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up rectify in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word rectifier refers to the general act...
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    rectifier or semiconductor controlled rectifier (SCR) is a four-layer solid-state current-controlling device. The name "silicon controlled rectifier"...
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    A diode bridge is a bridge rectifier circuit of four diodes that is used in the process of converting alternating current (AC) from the input terminals...
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    Diode (redirect from Silicon rectifiers)
    from the cathode to the plate. Among many uses, diodes are found in rectifiers to convert alternating current (AC) power to direct current (DC), demodulation...
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    In the context of artificial neural networks, the rectifier or ReLU (rectified linear unit) activation function is an activation function defined as the...
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    A mercury-arc valve or mercury-vapor rectifier or (UK) mercury-arc rectifier is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high-voltage or high-current...
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    The Mesa/Boogie Rectifier series is a line of guitar amplifiers made by California-based manufacturer Mesa/Boogie. Introduced in 1992, the line's first...
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    The Vienna Rectifier is a three-phase AC pulse-width modulation rectifier, invented in 1993 by Johann W. Kolar at TU Wien, a public research university...
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  • rectifier, sometimes called a super diode, is an operational amplifier (opamp) circuit configuration that behaves like an ideal diode and rectifier....
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    A selenium rectifier is a type of metal rectifier, invented in 1933. They were used in power supplies for electronic equipment and in high-current battery-charger...
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  • PWM rectifier (Pulse-width modulation rectifier) is an AC to DC power converter, that is implemented using forced commutated power electronic semiconductor...
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  • A mechanical rectifier is a device for converting alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) by means of mechanically operated switches. The best-known...
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    A metal rectifier is an early type of semiconductor rectifier in which the semiconductor is copper oxide, germanium or selenium. They were used in power...
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    depends on the particular device employed. Inverters do the opposite of rectifiers which were originally large electromechanical devices converting AC to...
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    1N4000) series is a family of popular one-ampere general-purpose silicon rectifier diodes commonly used in AC adapters for common household appliances. Its...
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    International Rectifier was an American power management technology company manufacturing analog and mixed-signal ICs, advanced circuit devices, integrated...
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    Inward-rectifier potassium channels (Kir, IRK) are a specific lipid-gated subset of potassium channels. To date, seven subfamilies have been identified...
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    bridge rectifier symbol. Some simplified symbols don't show the internal diodes. Bridge rectifier Bridge rectifier Bridge rectifier Bridge rectifier Three-phase...
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    fact, an analytic function) to the ramp function, which is known as the rectifier or ReLU (rectified linear unit) in machine learning. For large negative...
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    A unimolecular rectifier is a single organic molecule which functions as a rectifier (one-way conductor) of electric current. The idea was first proposed...
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    protection system. The rectifier output DC positive cable is connected to the anodes. The AC power cable is connected to the rectifier input terminals. The...
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    The rectifier and audio output tube required more heater power, so dropped a larger voltage than the other tubes. In many designs the rectifier tube...
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    This type of use may be harmful to the rectifier stage, however, as it will only use half of diodes in the rectifier for the full load. This could possibly...
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  • specified maximum voltage that a diode rectifier can block, or, alternatively, the maximum voltage that a rectifier needs to block in a given circuit. The...
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    diodes have a roughly fixed voltage drop of around 0.5 to 1 volts, active rectifiers behave as resistances, and can have arbitrarily low voltage drop. Historically...
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  • The term "thermal diode" can refer to: a (possibly non-electrical) device which allows heat to flow preferentially in one direction; an electrical (semiconductor)...
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    electronics conversion system consisting of three distinct sub-systems: a rectifier bridge converter, a direct current (DC) link, and an inverter. Voltage-source...
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  • is a faster-than-standard current rectifier. The terms "fast" and "ultrafast" are in comparison to standard rectifiers designed for low-frequency applications...
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    The Warsaw rectifier is a pulse-width modulation (PWM) rectifierinvented by Włodzimierz Koczara [pl] in 1992. The Warsaw Rectifier provides the following...
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