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Full bridge
Four switches arranged as two half bridges, allowing the load to be driven with either polarity from a single DC supply. It doubles the voltage applied to the load compared with a half bridge at the same bus voltage.
- Also known as
- H-bridge
- Type
- Technology
- Domain
- Power & Discretes, Power conversion topologies
Notes
The phase-shifted full bridge variant achieves zero-voltage switching by overlapping the two legs rather than by resonance.
Related terms
- Half bridge
- Phase-shifted full bridge
- Motor drive
- DAB
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