DIGITRON SEMICONDUCTORS

144 Market Street

Kenilworth NJ 07033 USA

phone +1.908.245-7200

MR2000 SERIES

MEDIUM CURRENT SILICON RECTIFIERS

As the frequency of the input signal is increased, the reverse

recovery time of the diode (figure 9) becomes significant,

which is opposite in polarity to the forward current, thereby

reducing the value of the efficiency factor, σ, as shown in

figure 10.

It should be emphasized that figure 10 shows waveform

efficiency only; it does not provide a measure of diode

losses. Data was obtained by measuring the ac component of

a dc voltmeter. The data was used in Equation 1 to obtain

points for figure 10

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