Circuit for synchronous rectification with minimal reverse recovery losses

摘要

A circuit for synchronous rectification including two power MOSFET transistor switches in which the bottom switch is a P channel MOSFET, rather than an N channel MOSFET. The circuit of the present invention uses a single channel driver, rather than a dual driver and eliminates the deadtime associated with conventional circuits, thus minimizing reverse recovery losses. In an alternative arrangement, the position of the output filter is switched so that the N channel MOSFET conducts during the freewheeling time and the P channel MOSFET (with a larger RDSON) conducts during the conductor charge cycle.