Supplement to cross regulation in DC to DC converters
First Claim
1. A DC to DC flyback converter comprising:
- transformer means including first and second secondary windings and transistor means and diode means for providing a main DC voltage and an auxiliary DC voltage in response to a DC input voltage, said main and auxiliary voltages being directly related to voltages provided by said first and second secondary windings, respectively;
means coupling said main voltage to said transistor means for regulating said main voltage;
a saturable core inductor having a saturable inductor winding connected in series with said second secondary winding, said inductor having at least one control winding; and
error amplifier means, connected to said saturable core inductor, for controlling current through said control winding in response to said auxiliary voltage.
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Abstract
A variable inductance is placed in series with the diode rectifiers of the auxiliary outputs of a dc-to-dc converter. Increasing or decreasing the value of this inductance affects only the permeance of leakage flux paths which link the transformer winding peculiar to that auxiliary output. Such changes in the permeance of the leakage flux involve only the self-inductance of the transformer winding associated with that auxiliary output. When the permeance of the variable inductor is increased, the voltage to which the auxiliary output can rise increases as well. Conversely the steady state value to which the output voltage can rise may be reduced by reducing the permeance of the variable inductor. An error amplifier across the terminals of the auxiliary output detects and deviation in the output voltage from a predetermined, selected level. The error detector causes the value of the variable inductance to change so as to compensate for deviations in the output voltage from the predetermined selected levels.
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1. A DC to DC flyback converter comprising:
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transformer means including first and second secondary windings and transistor means and diode means for providing a main DC voltage and an auxiliary DC voltage in response to a DC input voltage, said main and auxiliary voltages being directly related to voltages provided by said first and second secondary windings, respectively; means coupling said main voltage to said transistor means for regulating said main voltage; a saturable core inductor having a saturable inductor winding connected in series with said second secondary winding, said inductor having at least one control winding; and error amplifier means, connected to said saturable core inductor, for controlling current through said control winding in response to said auxiliary voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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