Integrated multi-transformer
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1. An integrated multi-transformer, comprising:
- a core made of magnetic material;
a plurality of transformers magnetically coupled with the core, including;
a pulse transformer comprising a first primary winding and a first secondary winding, the first primary winding being configured to receive a first primary current and to couple the first primary current to the core to generate a first core flux, and the first secondary winding being configured so that at least a portion of the first core flux is coupled from the core to induce a first secondary current in the first secondary winding; and
a power transformer comprising a second primary winding and a second secondary winding, the second primary winding being configured to receive a second primary current and to couple the second primary current to the core to generate a second core flux, and the second secondary winding being configured so that at least a portion of the second core flux is coupled from the core to induce a second secondary current in the second secondary winding,wherein the first core flux induces substantially no current in the power transformer and the second core flux induces substantially no current in the pulse transformer.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are described for integrating multiple transformers on a shared core, while avoiding interference between the transformers and other potentially undesirable effects of the integration. In one embodiment, multiple transformers are wound on a shared core. Each transformer is wound on the core, so that its primary and secondary windings are magnetically coupled to each other through the core without being coupled to the windings of other transformers sharing the core. The multiple integrated transformers may then be provided in a circuit arrangement by placing only a single core element in the arrangement.
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21 Claims
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1. An integrated multi-transformer, comprising:
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a core made of magnetic material; a plurality of transformers magnetically coupled with the core, including; a pulse transformer comprising a first primary winding and a first secondary winding, the first primary winding being configured to receive a first primary current and to couple the first primary current to the core to generate a first core flux, and the first secondary winding being configured so that at least a portion of the first core flux is coupled from the core to induce a first secondary current in the first secondary winding; and a power transformer comprising a second primary winding and a second secondary winding, the second primary winding being configured to receive a second primary current and to couple the second primary current to the core to generate a second core flux, and the second secondary winding being configured so that at least a portion of the second core flux is coupled from the core to induce a second secondary current in the second secondary winding, wherein the first core flux induces substantially no current in the power transformer and the second core flux induces substantially no current in the pulse transformer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for handling multiple signals using an integrated multi-transformer, the system comprising:
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a first signal generation module configured to generate a first generated signal; a second signal generation module configured to generate a second generated signal; a first signal utilization module configured to utilize a first transformed signal; a second signal utilization module configured to utilize a second transformed signal; and a multi-transformer, comprising core, a pulse transformer, and a power transformer, the pulse transformer being wound on the core and configured to generate a first magnetic flux in the core, and the power transformer being wound on the core and configured to generate a second magnetic flux in the core, the second magnetic flux being decoupled from the first magnetic flux, wherein the pulse transformer is configured to receive the first generated signal from the first signal generation module, generate the first transformed signal as a function of the first generated signal, and communicate the first transformed signal with the first signal utilization module, and wherein the power transformer is configured to receive the second generated signal from the second signal generation module, generate the second transformed signal as a function of the second generated signal, and communicate the second transformed signal with the second signal utilization module. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method for producing an integrated multi-transformer device, the method comprising:
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winding a pulse transformer on a core made of a magnetic material, the pulse transformer comprising a first primary winding and a first secondary winding, the first primary winding being configured to receive a first primary current and to couple the first primary current to the core to generate a first core flux, and the first secondary winding being configured so that at least a portion of the first core flux is coupled from the core to induce a first secondary current in the first secondary winding; and winding a power transformer on the core, the power transformer comprising a second primary winding and a second secondary winding, the second primary winding being configured to receive a second primary current and to couple the second primary current to the core to generate a second core flux, and the second secondary winding being configured so that at least a portion of the second core flux is coupled from the core to induce a second secondary current in the second secondary winding, wherein the power transformer is wound on the core so that the first core flux induces substantially no current in the second secondary winding and the second core flux induces substantially no current in the first secondary winding. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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