rakeshm5 Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hi guys, I have a small doubt regarding transistor as rectifier. Is there any possibility to use transistor in rectifier circuit,if yes how can we use and how it is different from diode in rectifier circuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 You could probably use the collector-base junction of a transistor as a rectifier diode and its max voltage, max current and max power dissipation are listed on the datasheet.But avoid using the emitter-base junction because it has avalanche breakdown (like a zener diode) with a reverse voltage of only about 6V for silicon transistors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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