DC-DC Converter
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Abstract
A DC-DC converter includes a first half-bridge circuit, a second half-bridge circuit, at least one transformer having at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding, wherein the first and second half-bridge circuits are designed to generate an AC voltage at the at least one primary winding, and a rectifier circuit having an output terminal. The output terminal includes a first output terminal pole and a second output terminal pole. The rectifier circuit includes at least one rectifier element. The rectifier circuit is designed to rectify a voltage present at the at least one secondary winding and to output it at the output terminal. The rectifier circuit includes a polarity reversal protection transistor, the collector-emitter path of which or the drain-source path of which is looped in between a terminal of the at least one rectifier element and the first or the second output terminal pole of the output terminal.
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19 Claims
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1-9. -9. (canceled)
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10. A DC-DC converter, comprising:
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a first half-bridge circuit, a second half-bridge circuit, at least one transformer comprising at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding, wherein the first and second half-bridge circuits are designed to generate an AC voltage at the at least one primary winding, and a rectifier circuit comprising an output terminal, wherein the output terminal comprises a first output terminal pole and a second output terminal pole, and at least one rectifier element, wherein the rectifier circuit is designed to rectify a voltage present at the at least one secondary winding and to output the rectified voltage at the output terminal, wherein the rectifier circuit further comprises a polarity reversal protection transistor, the collector-emitter path of which or the drain-source path of which is looped in between a terminal of the at least one rectifier element and the first or the second output terminal pole of the output terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19)
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17. The DC-DC converter as claimed 10, wherein MOSFETs are used as switching devices in the first and second half-bridge circuits.
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