Patent · US Expired

Diode system having zener diodes and a generator

US7199987B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Richard Spitz · Reutlingen, DE
Rainer Topp · Reutlingen, DE
Alfred Goerlach · Tübingen, DE
Holger Haussmann · Metzingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 13, 2002
Grant date	Apr 3, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02M7/062
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A diode system and a generator, uses Zener diodes. The diode system has AC voltage terminals and DC voltage terminals, in which the Zener diodes are operable in the forward direction to rectify an AC voltage present at the AC voltage terminals, in which a lower limit is provided for the Zener voltage of the Zener diodes, and in which the lower limit of the Zener voltage is provided so that it is lower than a preset lower DC voltage.

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