Soft-switching power supply with auxiliary resonator
US6359795B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B70/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A converter utilizing a multifilar transformer having its primary and auxiliary windings made simultaneously, a technique known as bifilar winding, provides high efficiency and low noise. The multifilar winding technique yields minimum leakage inductance between the windings and reduces the proximity effect to a minimum achievable using most well-known wires. The converter utilizes an improved soft-switcher topology which advantageously reduces the interwinding capacitance between the primary and auxiliary windings of the transformer. The topology includes a resonant LC circuit interposed in series with one leg of the auxiliary winding and the auxiliary switch. The other leg of the auxiliary winding is at ground. A controller is provided to control switch timing such that the converter optimizes switch loss and resonant pulse loss.
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