Dual-transformer type of dc-to-dc converter
First Claim
1. A two-transformer type of DC-to-DC converter comprising a first transformer having a first winding, a second winding and a third winding, and a second transformer having a fourth winding, a fifth winding and a sixth winding, with respective first ends of said first and fourth windings connected to form a first winding pair, respective first ends of said second and fifth windings connected to form a second winding pair, and respective second ends of said fourth and fifth windings connected together, a first DC terminal and second DC terminal for connecting said DC-to-DC converter to a first external circuit, and a third DC terminal and fourth DC terminal for connecting said DC-to-DC converter to a second external circuit, a first AC/DC conversion circuit connected between said first and second DC terminals and said first, second, fourth and fifth windings, for performing conversion between DC electrical power and AC electrical power, a second AC/DC conversion circuit connected between said third and fourth DC terminals and said second and third windings, for performing conversion between DC electrical power and AC electrical power, and a control circuit adapted to control said conversion operations of said first A/D converter and said second AC/DC conversion circuit;
- wherein said first AC/DC conversion circuit comprises;
a first switching element controlled to periodically switch between closed and opened states for respectively connecting and disconnecting said first DC terminal to/from a junction of said second ends of the fourth and fifth windings, a second switching element controlled to periodically switch between said opened and closed states for respectively connecting and disconnecting said second DC terminal to/from said junction, a first capacitor connected between said first DC terminal and a second end of said second winding, and a second capacitor connected between said second DC terminal and a second end of said first winding.
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Abstract
A first AC/DC converter circuit is coupled via two transformers to a second AC/DC converter circuit, the first AC/DC converter circuit having a symmetrical configuration of two switching elements performing complementary opened/closed switching, to alternately connect positive and negative terminals of a DC source to a junction between transformer primary windings. Each primary winding alternates between a condition of transferring electrical power to a secondary winding and a condition of serving as a choke coil which temporarily stores electromagnetic energy when a current flows through that primary winding and a primary winding of the other transformer.
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21 Claims
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1. A two-transformer type of DC-to-DC converter comprising
a first transformer having a first winding, a second winding and a third winding, and a second transformer having a fourth winding, a fifth winding and a sixth winding, with respective first ends of said first and fourth windings connected to form a first winding pair, respective first ends of said second and fifth windings connected to form a second winding pair, and respective second ends of said fourth and fifth windings connected together, a first DC terminal and second DC terminal for connecting said DC-to-DC converter to a first external circuit, and a third DC terminal and fourth DC terminal for connecting said DC-to-DC converter to a second external circuit, a first AC/DC conversion circuit connected between said first and second DC terminals and said first, second, fourth and fifth windings, for performing conversion between DC electrical power and AC electrical power, a second AC/DC conversion circuit connected between said third and fourth DC terminals and said second and third windings, for performing conversion between DC electrical power and AC electrical power, and a control circuit adapted to control said conversion operations of said first A/D converter and said second AC/DC conversion circuit; -
wherein said first AC/DC conversion circuit comprises;
a first switching element controlled to periodically switch between closed and opened states for respectively connecting and disconnecting said first DC terminal to/from a junction of said second ends of the fourth and fifth windings, a second switching element controlled to periodically switch between said opened and closed states for respectively connecting and disconnecting said second DC terminal to/from said junction, a first capacitor connected between said first DC terminal and a second end of said second winding, and a second capacitor connected between said second DC terminal and a second end of said first winding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A two-transformer type of DC-to-DC converter comprising a power conversion circuit for converting input DC electrical power from a DC power source into AC electrical power, a rectifier circuit, and a first transformer and a second transformer each comprising two primary windings respectively connected to said power conversion circuit and each comprising a secondary winding connected to said rectifier circuit, with said power conversion circuit comprising a first input supply terminal and a second input supply terminal connected between a positive potential and a negative potential of said DC power source;
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wherein;
a first primary winding and second primary winding of said first transformer are connected together at respective first ends thereof, a second end of said first primary winding of the first transformer is connected to a first end of a first primary winding of said second transformer and a second end of said second primary winding of the first transformer is connected to a first end of a second primary winding of said second transformer, and said power conversion circuit comprises a first capacitor connected between said first input supply terminal and a second end of said first primary winding of said second transformer, and a second capacitor connected between said second input supply terminal and a second end of said second primary winding of said second transformer, a first switching element connected between said first input supply terminal and a common connection of said first ends of said primary windings of first transformer, a second switching element connected between said second input supply terminal and said common connection, and a control circuit adapted to control said first switching element and said second switching element for performing complementary opened/closed switching operation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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