TRANSFORMER HAVING LEAKAGE INDUCTANCE

• US 20100253458A1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Zhang, Zhi-Liang, Zung, Bou-Jun, Chang, Shih-Hsien, Chen, Yi-Lin, Tsai, Hsin-Wei
• Granted Patent: US 8,334,745 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 336/170
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/326 specifically adapted for discharge lamp ballasts
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/10 Ballasts, e.g. for discharge lamps

Abstract

A transformer includes a bobbin assembly, a primary winding coil, a first secondary winding coil, a second secondary winding coil, and a magnetic core assembly. The bobbin assembly includes a primary winding part, a first secondary winding part, a second secondary winding part and a channel. A first opening is formed in a bottom surface of the bobbin assembly and communicates with the channel. The primary winding coil is wound around the primary winding part. The first secondary winding coil is wound around the first secondary winding part. The second secondary winding coil is wound around the second secondary winding part. The magnetic core assembly is partially embedded into the channel of the bobbin assembly, and includes a first magnetic part and a second magnetic part. The second magnetic part includes a first extension post, and the first extension post is inserted into the first opening of the bobbin assembly.

Claims

1. A transformer having leakage inductance, said transformer comprising:

a bobbin assembly comprising a primary winding part, a first secondary winding part, a second secondary winding part and a channel, wherein a first opening is formed in a bottom surface of said bobbin assembly and communicates with said channel;

a primary winding coil wound around said primary winding part;

a first secondary winding coil wound around said first secondary winding part;

a second secondary winding coil wound around said second secondary winding part; and

a magnetic core assembly partially embedded into said channel of said bobbin assembly, and comprising a first magnetic part and a second magnetic part, wherein said second magnetic part includes a first extension post, and said first extension post is inserted into said first opening of said bobbin assembly.

2. The transformer according to claim 1 wherein said primary winding part, said first secondary winding part and said second secondary winding part of said bobbin assembly are made of insulating material and integrally formed into a one-piece structure.

3. The transformer according to claim 1 wherein said primary winding part is arranged at a middle section of said bobbin assembly and includes at least one first partition plate, wherein multiple first winding sections are defined by said at least one partition plate.

4. The transformer according to claim 3 wherein said first partition plate has at least one notch.

5. The transformer according to claim 1 wherein said first secondary winding part and said second secondary winding part are disposed at two opposite sides of said bobbin assembly.

6. The transformer according to claim 1 wherein said first secondary winding part includes at least one second partition plate, said second secondary winding part includes at least one third partition plate, multiple second winding sections are defined by said at least one second partition plate, multiple third winding sections are defined by said at least one third partition plate, and each of said first partition plate and said second partition plate has at least one notch.

7. The transformer according to claim 1 wherein said bobbin assembly further includes a first separation plate and a second separation plate, said primary winding part is separated from said first secondary winding part by said first separation plate, and said primary winding part is separated from said second secondary winding part by said second separation plate.

8. The transformer according to claim 7 wherein said first opening is extended from said bottom surface of said bobbin assembly to an inner portion of said first separation plate and communicates with said channel.

9. The transformer according to claim 8 wherein said bobbin assembly further includes a second opening, which is extended from said bottom surface of said bobbin assembly to an inner portion of said second separation plate and communicates with said channel.

10. The transformer according to claim 9 wherein said first secondary winding part and said second secondary winding part have a first side plate and a second side plate, respectively.

11. The transformer according to claim 10 wherein said bobbin assembly further includes a first slot and a second slot, said first slot is extended from said bottom surface of said bobbin assembly to an inner portion of said first side plate and communicates with a first end of said channel, and said second slot is extended from said bottom surface of said bobbin assembly to an inner portion of said second side plate and communicates with a second end of said channel.

12. The transformer according to claim 11 wherein said second magnetic part of said magnetic core assembly includes:

a slab portion;

a first lateral post and a second lateral post perpendicularly protruded from a first end and a second end of said slab portion, respectively;

a first extension post and a second extension post arranged between said first lateral post and said second lateral post and, and perpendicularly protruded from said slab portion.

13. The transformer according to claim 12 wherein said first extension post is inserted into said first opening of the bobbin assembly and spaced from said first magnetic part by a gap, and said second extension post is inserted into said second opening of said bobbin assembly and spaced from said first magnetic part by a gap.

14. The transformer according to claim 13 wherein said first lateral post is inserted into said first slot of said bobbin assembly and contacted with a first end of said first magnetic part, and said second lateral post is inserted into said second slot of said bobbin assembly and contacted with a second end of said first magnetic part.

15. The transformer according to claim 14 wherein the cross-section area of each of said first lateral post and said second lateral post is greater than the cross-section area of each of said first extension post and said second extension post.

16. The transformer according to claim 10 wherein each of said first separation plate, said second separation plate, said first side plate and said second side plate includes one or more bobbin bases, each bobbin base includes one or more pins, and each pin includes a first connecting part and a second connecting part.

17. The transformer according to claim 1 wherein said first magnetic part of said magnetic core assembly is a slab-type core magnetic part accommodated within said channel.

18. The transformer according to claim 1 wherein said bobbin assembly is mounted on a circuit board such that said second magnetic part is arranged between said bottom surface of said bobbin assembly and said circuit board.

19. The transformer according to claim 1 further comprising:

a first insulating cover sheathed around said first secondary winding part of said bobbin assembly and arranged between said first secondary winding coil and said second magnetic part for partially sheltering said first secondary winding part and said first secondary winding coil; and

a second insulating cover sheathed around said second secondary winding part of said bobbin assembly and arranged between said second secondary winding coil and said second magnetic part for partially sheltering said second secondary winding part and said second secondary winding coil.

20. A transformer having leakage inductance, said transformer comprising:

a bobbin assembly comprising a first primary winding part, a second primary winding part, a first secondary winding part, a second secondary winding part and a channel, wherein a first opening is formed in a bottom surface of said bobbin assembly and communicates with said channel;

a first primary winding coil wound around said first primary winding part;

a second primary winding coil wound around said second primary winding part;

a first secondary winding coil wound around said first secondary winding part;

a second secondary winding coil wound around said second secondary winding part; and

a magnetic core assembly partially embedded into said channel of said bobbin assembly, and comprising a first magnetic part and a second magnetic part, wherein said second magnetic part includes a first extension post, and said first extension post is inserted into said first opening of said bobbin assembly.