Rectifying Circuit, Electronic Circuit, and Electronic Apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
InventorsHirokazu Otake, Noriyuki Kitamura, Yuji Takahashi, Masato Ishikawa, Yohei Miura
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Abstract
A rectifying circuit according to an embodiment includes a first rectifying portion and a second rectifying portion. The first rectifying portion has a positive temperature coefficient. The second rectifying portion has a negative temperature coefficient, is connected in parallel to the first rectifying portion, and has a forward voltage-forward current curve intersecting a forward voltage-forward current curve of the first rectifying portion.
Claims20
A rectifying circuit comprising:
- a first rectifying portion having a positive temperature coefficient;
- and
- a second rectifying portion having a negative temperature coefficient, connected in parallel to the first rectifying portion, and having a forward voltage-forward current curve intersecting a forward voltage-forward current curve of the first rectifying portion.
An electronic circuit comprising:
- a rectifying circuit including
- a first rectifying portion having a positive temperature coefficient;
- and
- a second rectifying portion having a negative temperature coefficient, connected in parallel to the first rectifying portion, and having a forward voltage-forward current curve intersecting a forward voltage-forward current curve of the first rectifying portion.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- an electronic circuit including
- a rectifying circuit,
- the rectifying circuit including
- a first rectifying portion having a positive temperature coefficient, and
- a second rectifying portion having a negative temperature coefficient, connected in parallel to the first rectifying portion, and having a forward voltage-forward current curve intersecting a forward voltage-forward current curve of the first rectifying portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.