High Voltage Rectifier and Switching Circuits

Abstract

According to one exemplary embodiment, a rectifier circuit includes a diode. A first depletion-mode transistor is connected to a cathode of the diode. Also, at least one second depletion-mode transistor is in parallel with the first depletion-mode transistor and is configured to supply a pre-determined current range to a cathode of the diode. A pinch off voltage of the at least one second depletion-mode transistor can be more negative than a pinch off voltage of the first depletion-mode transistor and the at least one second depletion-mode transistor can be configured to supply the pre-determined current range while the first depletion-mode transistor is OFF. Also, the pre-determined current range can be greater than a leakage current of the first depletion-mode transistor.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.