Patent · US Expired

Transistor conduction-angle control for a series-parallel resonant converter

US4935857A · kind A · utility

57Cited by
10References
23Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 22, 1989
Grant dateJun 19, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 22, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

A DC to DC series-parallel resonant converter (10) having a plurality of switches (Q1-Q4) which are switched alternatively between on and off states to cause electrical current to flow alternatively in first and second directions through a series-resonant circuit (60) Including a variable frequency ramp generator (28) having a reset input (R) for casuing an output ramp signal produced at an output to drop to zero in response to each reset signal; a comparator (30) having an input coupled to the output of the ramp signal generator, a second input for controlling the output DC voltage of the series-parallel resonant circuit and an output which changes level each time the ramp signal reaches the magnitude of the second input; a bistable circuit (32) having first and second outputs (Q, Q) for respectively outputting first and second signals, the output signals changing in response to a change in the output signal of the comparator coupled to the input; a pulse generator (26), coupled to the series-parallel resonant circuit for producing an output pulse train with an output pulse occurring each time the flow of current through the series-resonant circuit changes from one of the first an…

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.