Power Converter Employing Integrated Magnetics with a Current Multiplier Rectifier and Method of Operating the Same
First Claim
1. A power converter having input and output nodes, comprising:
- a switching circuit including first and second active phase legs, each of said first and second active phase legs having a first switch coupled to one of said input nodes and a second switch coupled to another of said input nodes and having a common switching node therebetween;
an integrated magnetic device, including;
a magnetic core having first and second outer legs and a common leg,first and second primary windings formed about said first and second outer legs, respectively, a terminal of each of said first and second primary windings being coupled to said common switching node of said first and second active phase legs, respectively, andfirst and second secondary windings formed about said first and second outer legs, respectively, wherein said integrated magnetic device integrates a two-phase transformer to provide galvanic isolation between said primary and secondary windings with two-phase coupled inductors; and
a rectifier including first and second rectifier elements interposed between said first and second secondary windings, respectively, and one of said output nodes.
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Abstract
A power converter having input and output nodes and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the power converter includes a switching circuit including first, second and third active phase legs. Each of the first, second and third active legs includes a first switch coupled to one of the input nodes and a second switch coupled to another of the input nodes and has a common switching node therebetween. The power converter further includes a magnetic device including first, second and third primary windings, and first, second and third secondary windings. The first, second and third primary windings are coupled to the common switching node of the first, second and third active phase legs, respectively. The power converter still further includes a rectifier including first, second and third rectifier elements interposed between the first, second and third secondary windings, respectively, and one of the output nodes.
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1. A power converter having input and output nodes, comprising:
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a switching circuit including first and second active phase legs, each of said first and second active phase legs having a first switch coupled to one of said input nodes and a second switch coupled to another of said input nodes and having a common switching node therebetween; an integrated magnetic device, including; a magnetic core having first and second outer legs and a common leg, first and second primary windings formed about said first and second outer legs, respectively, a terminal of each of said first and second primary windings being coupled to said common switching node of said first and second active phase legs, respectively, and first and second secondary windings formed about said first and second outer legs, respectively, wherein said integrated magnetic device integrates a two-phase transformer to provide galvanic isolation between said primary and secondary windings with two-phase coupled inductors; and a rectifier including first and second rectifier elements interposed between said first and second secondary windings, respectively, and one of said output nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a power converter having input nodes coupled to a source of electrical power and output nodes, comprising:
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controlling a first switch coupled to one of said input nodes and a second switch coupled to another of said input nodes of a first active phase leg of a switching circuit to impress an input voltage from said source of electrical power across a first primary winding formed about a first outer leg of a magnetic core of an integrated magnetic device, a terminal of said first primary winding being coupled to a common switching node between said first and second switches of said first active phase leg; controlling a first switch coupled to one of said input nodes and a second switch coupled to another of said input nodes of a second active phase leg of a switching circuit to impress an input voltage from said source of electrical power across a second primary winding formed about a second outer leg of said magnetic core of said integrated magnetic device, a terminal of said second primary winding being coupled to a common switching node between said first and second switches of said second active phase leg; providing an output voltage at said output nodes via first and second rectifier elements of a rectifier coupled to first and second secondary windings, respectively, formed about said first and second outer legs, respectively, of said magnetic core of said integrated magnetic device, wherein said integrated magnetic device integrates a two-phase transformer to provide galvanic isolation between primary and secondary windings with two-phase coupled inductors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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