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DC/DC converter system and control method for full-bridge DC/DC converter

US11979085B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Lennart Baruschka · Großburgwedel, DE
Christopher Fromme · Fürth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2020
Grant date	May 7, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B70/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The teachings herein include DC/DC converter systems. An example system may include: a full-bridge converter and a switch control circuit. The converter includes a primary side and a secondary side full-bridge circuit and a transformer. AC nodes of the primary side are connected to a primary side of the transformer and AC nodes of the secondary side to a secondary side of the transformer. The switch control circuit: controls the primary side and the secondary side circuits in a normal operating phase including modulation of an input voltage by the primary side full-bridge circuit transferring power via the transformer, control the primary side and the secondary side in a free-wheeling phase during which they are both deactivated to reduce the transformer's magnetization current; and control the full-bridge circuits to switch between the normal operating phase and the free-wheeling phase alternately.

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