Quasi-resonant DC-DC converters with reduced body diode loss
First Claim
1. A quasi-resonant buck converter comprising:
- a) a connection point;
b) a top switch connected to a power source and to the connection point;
c) an auxiliary switch connected to the connection point and to a return potential;
d) a resonant inductor connected to the connection point and to an output inductor;
e) a resonant capacitor connected to the return potential and to the resonant inductor, whereby the resonant inductor and resonant capacitor are connected in series across the auxiliary switch;
f) a synchronous switch operated using zero voltage switching connected in parallel with the resonant capacitor.
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Abstract
Buck converters having a resonant inductor Lr, resonant capacitor Cr, and synchronous switch Q3 that together provide reduced switching loss and soft switching. In operation, the resonant inductor Lr is charged during a time period A. Then, Lr is freewheeling and provides current to an output inductor Lo. Then, Q3 is turned OFF, and energy from the resonant inductor Lr charges the resonant capacitor Cr. Finally, energy from the resonant capacitor Cr is provided to the output inductor and load. The output power can be adjusted by phase control of the operation of switch Q3. In alternative embodiments, the circuit has a pair of coupled inductors L1 L2 or an isolation transformer 40. The coupled inductors have a polarity selected so that the output voltage is reduced, thereby allowing top switch Q1 to have a greater duty cycle. These circuits feature no body diode loss in the switch Q3.
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36 Claims
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1. A quasi-resonant buck converter comprising:
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a) a connection point; b) a top switch connected to a power source and to the connection point; c) an auxiliary switch connected to the connection point and to a return potential; d) a resonant inductor connected to the connection point and to an output inductor; e) a resonant capacitor connected to the return potential and to the resonant inductor, whereby the resonant inductor and resonant capacitor are connected in series across the auxiliary switch; f) a synchronous switch operated using zero voltage switching connected in parallel with the resonant capacitor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 23)
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8. A quasi-resonant tap-buck converter comprising:
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a) a connection point; b) a top switch connected to a power source and to the connection point; c) an auxiliary switch connected to a return potential; d) a clamping capacitor connected to the auxiliary switch and to the connection point; e) a resonant inductor connected to the connection point; f) primary and secondary coupled inductors connected in series with a parallel polarity, with the primary inductor connected to the resonant inductor; g) a resonant capacitor connected between the return potential and a midpoint of the coupled inductors; h) a synchronous switch operated using zero voltage switching connected in parallel with the resonant capacitor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24)
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15. A quasi-resonant isolated converter comprising:
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a) a connection point; b) a top switch connected to a power source and to the connection point; c) a auxiliary switch connected to a return potential; d) a clamping capacitor connected to the auxiliary switch and to the connection point; e) a resonant inductor connected to the connection point; f) a transformer with a primary winding connected between the resonant inductor and the return potential, and with a secondary winding; g) a synchronous switch operated using zero voltage switching connected in series with the secondary winding; h) a resonant capacitor connected in parallel with the synchronous switch. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25)
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26. A quasi-resonant power converter comprising
an output inductance, an auxiliary inductance, a capacitor, said capacitor being resonant with said auxiliary inductance, a first switch for switching current from a voltage source to cause increasing current in said auxiliary inductance, a second switch for providing freewheeling current to said auxiliary inductance, a third switch for providing freewheeling current to said output inductance, and means for controlling said first, second and third switches such that said first, second and third switches are switched between conductive and non-conductive states at times when a voltage across each of said first, second and third switches is substantially zero volts.
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