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Soft-switched full-bridge converter

US6392902B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 2000
Grant dateMay 21, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

A soft-switched full-bridge pulse-width modulated (“FB PWM”) converter includes a coupled inductor provides ZVS conditions over a wide range of input voltages and output loads. Further, the FB PWM converter of the present invention requires neither a large leakage inductance in the transformer, nor an external inductor, to achieve ZVS.

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