# US 10,122,295 B2 · Self-excitation push-pull type converter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,295 B2 - Document ID: US10122295B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/357,209 - Filed: 2012-04-12 - Published: 2014-10-23 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-22 - Assignees: Mornsun Guangzhou Science & Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Baojun Wang - Inventors: Baojun Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122295B2 ## CPC - H02M 7/538: in a push-pull configuration (H02M7/5375 takes precedence {; with oscillating arrangements H02M7/53832, H02M7/53846}) - H01F 3/14: Constrictions; Gaps, e.g. air-gaps (in magnetic shunt paths H01F3/12) - H02M 3/3384: {of the parallel type} - H01F 30/16: Toroidal transformers - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) - H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ## Abstract A self-excitation push-pull type converter with a transformer having a closed magnetic core or iron core, which formed of a main part (52) and a local part (53). The local part reaches magnetic saturation earlier than the main part under the same increasing magnetic field excitation. When the self-excitation push-pull type converter is in a light load state, the efficiency is significantly improved, and further improved in a rated load state. As the number of turns of the coil on the magnetic saturation transformer is reduced, the working frequency of the converter increases while still keeping the loss low. The probability of generating a current peak at the moments of switching on or off is reduced, thereby further improving the efficiency and reducing output ripples. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A self-excitation push-pull converter, comprising a first transistor and a second transistor, each with an emitter and a collector where the emitter of the first transistor is connected to the emitter of the second transistor, and a transformer with a magnetic core and two primary side coils each having a first end and a second end, wherein the first ends of the two primary side coils are connected to each other to form a voltage input and the second ends of the two primary side coils are connected to the collector of the first transistor and the collector of the second transistor, respectively, and the magnetic core has a closed magnetic path and comprises a main section and at least one partial section, said partial section reaching magnetic saturation before said main section when excited under a same increasing magnetic field, wherein said partial section has a sectional area of a size less than 80% and greater than 4% of a sectional area of said main section, wherein a length of said partial section is negatively correlated to a ratio of the sectional area of said main section to the sectional area of said partial section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 1, wherein with said main section is wound with a coil, while said partial section is not wound with any coil. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 1, wherein said main section and said partial section are made of an identical material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 1, wherein there is a plurality of said partial sections, and the sum of the lengths of said closed magnetic path, and said partial sections each has a sectional area of a size less than 80% and greater than 4% of that of said main section. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 3, wherein said partial section has a length of over 0.05 mm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 1, wherein said main section and said partial section are made of different materials. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 6, wherein there is one or more said partial section and the sum of the lengths of said partial sections is less than one eighth of the length of said closed magnetic path. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 7, wherein feature said partial sections each has a length of over 0.02 mm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 1, said magmatic core further comprises a transition section to facilitate demoulding between said main section and said partial section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 1, wherein there are two or more salient points on said main section. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The self-excitation push-pull converter according to claim 1, wherein a proportion of the length of the partial section in a length of a total magnetic path of the magnetic core is y/(k-1), wherein y is an expected value, and k is the ratio of the sectional area of the main section to the sectional area of the partial section.