Patent ID: 6349047
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: H02M,H03K

Abstract:
A full wave rectifier circuit comprising:a) a first input; a second input; a positive output and a negative output; b) a first p-channel, enhancement mode Junction field Effect Transistor (JFET), having a source lead and a drain lead connected between said first input and said positive output and a gate lead coupled to said second input; c) a second p-channel, enhancement mode JFET having a source lead and a drain lead connected between said positive output and said second input and a gate lead coupled to said first input; d) a first n-channel, enhancement mode JFET having a source lead and a drain lead connected between said first input and said negative output and a gate lead coupled to said second input; e) a second n-channel, enhancement mode JFET having a source lead and a drain lead connected between said negative output and said second input and a gate lead coupled to said first input; f) wherein a gate lead of each said JFET is coupled such that a potential difference applied between said first input and said second input results in an electric current in a direction from said positive output to said negative output; and g) wherein a two terminal starter device is connected between a source and a drain of each said JFET.