High-frequency resonant power converter
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1. A power converter comprising:
- input means for accepting a dc voltage source,a power transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding;
a resonating capacitor having first and second access terminals;
a first switch for applying the dc voltage source to the primary winding in a first direction;
a second switch for applying the dc voltage source to the primary winding in a second direction opposite the first direction;
a first secondary resonant circuit connected to a first terminal of the secondary winding and including, a first inductance derived in part from a leakage inductance of the transformer, a first rectifying diode and a connection to the first access terminal of the resonating capacitor;
a second secondary resonant circuit connected to a second terminal of the secondary winding and including a second inductance derived in part from a leakage inductance of the transformer, a second rectifying diode and a connection to said first access of the resonating capacitor;
the resonating capacitor having resonant operation with both the first and second resonant circuits; and
output means connected to the resonating capacitor, having constant current sink characteristics and adapted for accepting a load to be energized.
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Abstract
A high frequency DC to DC converter having at least two phase differentiated pulsed voltage sources, utilizes two phase differentiated unidirectional power flow resonant circuits to permit multiple quasi resonant operation of the converter and thereby gain the benefit of lowered EMI, high efficiency, lowered component stress and increased power throughput.
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1. A power converter comprising:
- input means for accepting a dc voltage source,
a power transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding; a resonating capacitor having first and second access terminals; a first switch for applying the dc voltage source to the primary winding in a first direction; a second switch for applying the dc voltage source to the primary winding in a second direction opposite the first direction; a first secondary resonant circuit connected to a first terminal of the secondary winding and including, a first inductance derived in part from a leakage inductance of the transformer, a first rectifying diode and a connection to the first access terminal of the resonating capacitor; a second secondary resonant circuit connected to a second terminal of the secondary winding and including a second inductance derived in part from a leakage inductance of the transformer, a second rectifying diode and a connection to said first access of the resonating capacitor; the resonating capacitor having resonant operation with both the first and second resonant circuits; and output means connected to the resonating capacitor, having constant current sink characteristics and adapted for accepting a load to be energized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- input means for accepting a dc voltage source,
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6. A power converter comprising
inverting means for generating first and second voltage pulses in phase opposition to one another, output circuitry including signal shaping circuitry, filter circuitry and output terminals to accept a load, the signal shaping circuitry including first and second resonant circuits, resonant at a switching frequency of the inverting means, each resonant circuit including inductive impedance and a rectifying diode for limiting resonant flow through the inductive impedance to one direction of flow, a common resonant capacitor shared by the first and second resonant circuits and having one of its terminals connected to both the first and second circuits respectively.
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