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Looking for a rectifier made up from an inductor instead of a capacitor, I came to this question.

The circuits on the figure are dual each other, in the Thévenin Norton sense, with capacitor voltage and inductor current, the results are the same.

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After adding an Ideal Diode, I am unable to find some close analogy of that dual.

Considering an Ideal Diode is only a switching device, though non linear, I could assume that dual could exist. Anybody have a good estimate on how to find that dual?

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If you consider to get a fair analogy between the two circuits you may think to replace the diode by a constant-current diode since the characteristics are equivalent when we interchange voltage with current:

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and hence replacing the voltage source with a current source:

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Think also to consider components in parallel instead of serial.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I figured that the Dual of the Voltage Source with an Ideal Diode in series should be a Current Source with an Ideal Diode in parallel. For an Ideal Diode I think it would not matter. For a Less Than Ideal Diode, this would be the solution. \$\endgroup\$
    – Brethlosze
    Commented Jan 17, 2023 at 17:23

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