Bridge Rectifier Diode Series for More Efficient Designs

Bourns, Inc. today announced five new bridge rectifier product series designed for power and switch-mode power supply applications. The newly-released products come in ultra-low profile packages of 1.0 mm to 1.4 mm making them well-suited for use in high-density board designs, and also for mounting onto the bottom side of printed circuit board assemblies where necessary.

The Bourns® Model CD-MBL and Model CD-DF4 bridge rectifiers handle forward current up to 4A and forward voltages of about 0.95V making them suited for high-efficiency design requirements in portable communications, computing and video equipment. Similarly, Bourns® Model CD-HD Schottky bridge rectifiers provide low forward voltage in a space-saving package enabling developers of set-top boxes, monitors, cable modems and other ac-operated products to achieve power-efficient designs.

Pricing and Availability All five new bridge rectifier series (CD-MBL1xx, CD-MBL2xx, CD-DF4xx, CD-HD0x Series and CD-HD2x) from Bourns are available now and are RoHS compliant*. As a pricing reference, the Bourns® Model CD-MBL series are priced from $0.14 (to $0.23) in 12,000 piece quantities, the Model CD-DF series is priced from $0.40 (to $0.50) in 12,000 piece quantities, and the Model CD-HD series are priced from $0.24 (to $0.48) in 15,000 piece quantities.