Critical load management in secondary winding in auxiliary power supply
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorDhananjay Kumar
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Abstract
Embodiments include systems for regulating windings in a power supply. Aspects include a transformer comprising a first primary winding and a first secondary winding, a DC to DC converter, a saturable reactor coupled to an output of the first secondary winding and an input to the DC to DC converter, and a controlled current source coupled to a node between the saturable reactor and the input of the DC to DC converter, wherein the controlled current source is configured to provide a current rate based on an output voltage of the DC to DC converter, wherein a first filter inductor of the DC to DC converter is magnetically coupled to a second filter inductor of a second DC to DC converter.
Claims9
A power system comprising:
- a transformer comprising:
- a set of primary windings comprising a first primary winding;
- a set of secondary windings comprising a first secondary winding, a second secondary winding, and a third secondary winding;
- a set of DC to DC converters comprising a first DC to DC converter coupled to the first secondary winding, a second DC to DC converter coupled to the second secondary winding, and a third DC to DC converter coupled to the third secondary winding;
- a switch configured to operate the first primary winding;
- a control circuit configured to operate the switch, wherein the control circuit operates the switch based on a first output voltage of the first DC to DC converter, wherein a first filter inductor of the first DC to DC converter is magnetically coupled to a second filter inductor of the second DC to DC converter;
- a saturable reactor coupled to a third output of the third secondary winding and an input to the third DC to DC converter, wherein the third DC to DC converter comprises a third filter inductor in series with the saturable reactor;
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- a controlled current source coupled to a node between the saturable reactor and the third inductor, wherein the controlled current source is configured to provide a current rate based on a third output voltage of the third DC to DC converter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.