Timeline for How can an active rectifier block current?
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| May 26, 2018 at 10:01 | vote | accept | Imbrondir | ||
| Dec 19, 2015 at 21:41 | comment | added | Autistic | At high currents practical Si diodes have a drop of around 1V which is far away from the .6 that is taught in colleges.The on resistance of the mosfet in this reverse mode is about 20% lower than the datasheet foward value .These facts make the active rectifier less unattractive.However as temp rise RDs on goes up and diode drop goes down. | |
| Dec 19, 2015 at 21:14 | history | edited | got trolled too much this week | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 19, 2015 at 15:31 | comment | added | vini_i | @Imbrondir The channel that forms in a MOSFET is bidirectional but normally not characterized source to drain because of the body diode. | |
| Dec 19, 2015 at 15:17 | comment | added | Imbrondir | But can an N channel MOSFET conduct in that direction even while on? (source=>drain) | |
| Dec 19, 2015 at 15:07 | history | answered | vini_i | CC BY-SA 3.0 |