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Flyback diode

Known as: Free Wheeling Diode, Commutating diode, Catch diode 
A flyback diode (sometimes called a snubber diode, commutating diode, freewheeling diode, suppressor diode, suppression diode, clamp diode or catch… 
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2011
2011
Tunable External Cavity Laser by Hybrid Integration of a Superluminescent Diode and a Polymer Bragg Reflector
We report a tunable external cavity laser (T-ECL) using a superluminescent diode (SLD) and a polymer Bragg reflector with 0.8-nm… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Traveling-Wave Metal/Insulator/Metal Diodes for Improved Infrared Bandwidth and Efficiency of Antenna-Coupled Rectifiers
We evaluate a technique to improve the performance of antenna-coupled diode rectifiers working in the IR. Efficient operation of… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Characterization of a new 4.5 kV press pack SPT+ IGBT for medium voltage converters
Recently developed IGBT press pack devices have become a competition for IGCTs in high power industrial applications. This paper… 
2009
2009
Perforated diode neutron detector modules fabricated from high-purity silicon
2009
2009
A Generalized Theory of Boundary Control for a Single-Phase Multilevel Inverter Using Second-Order Switching Surface
An extension of the use of the boundary control method using second-order switching functions for controlling single-phase… 
2009
2009
125-GHz Diode Frequency Doubler in 0.13-$\mu{\hbox {m}}$ CMOS
The first mm-wave Schottky diode frequency doubler fabricated in CMOS is demonstrated. The doubler built in 130-nm CMOS uses a… 
2006
2006
Design of an Auxiliary Converter for the Diode Rectifier and the Analysis of the Circulating Current
In variable-speed drives systems, diode rectifiers and thyristor rectifiers are often used as the front-end circuit for AC-DC… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A diode-clamped multilevel converter with reduced number of clamping diodes
This paper presents a diode-clamped multilevel converter topology with reduced number of clamping diodes. The novel topology uses… 
1981
1981
A Wideband, Backshort-Tunable Second Harmonic W-Band Gunn-Oscillator
Today W-Band (75...110 GHz) Gunn-oscillators are mostly built as 2nd harmonic oscillators. Because the fundamental frequency is… 
1979
1979
A new polysilicon process for a bipolar device-PSA technology
A new polysilicon process has been developed to obtain high packing density, high speed, and low-power LSIs. The new process… 
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