# US 12,009,138 B2 · Power device and magnetic device thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,138 B2 - Document ID: US12009138B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/987,045 - Filed: 2022-11-15 - Published: 2023-03-09 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-01 - Assignees: Delta Electronics, Inc. - Applicants: Delta Electronics, Inc. - Inventors: Da Jin; Yang Leng; Zhongwang Yang; Yahong Xiong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009138B2 ## CPC - H01F 27/26: Fastening parts of the core together; Fastening or mounting the core on casing or support (on coil H01F27/30) - H02M 1/0064: {Magnetic structures combining different functions, e.g. storage, filtering or transformation} - H01F 17/043: {with two, usually identical or nearly identical parts enclosing completely the coil (pot cores)} - H01F 27/065: {Mounting on printed circuit boards} - H01F 27/29: Terminals; Tapping arrangements {for signal inductances} - H01F 27/306: {Fastening or mounting coils or windings on core, casing or other support} - H02M 1/40: Means for preventing magnetic saturation - H02M 3/003: {Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections} - H02M 3/285: {Single converters with a plurality of output stages connected in parallel (parallel operation of a plurality of converters in DC distribution networks H02J1/10)} - H02M 3/33571: {Half-bridge at primary side of an isolation transformer} - H02M 7/003: {Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections} - H02M 1/0043: {Converters switched with a phase shift, i.e. interleaved (non-isolated DC/DC converters H02M3/1586)} - H02M 1/14: Arrangements for reducing ripples from DC input or output - H02M 1/15: using active elements - H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES - 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) ## Abstract A magnetic device includes a magnetic core assembly, a first secondary winding, a second secondary winding and a primary winding. The magnetic core assembly includes a first magnetic leg, a second magnetic leg and a third magnetic leg. The first to third magnetic legs are arranged in sequence. The second magnetic leg is disposed between the first magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg. The first secondary winding is disposed between the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg, and the second secondary winding is disposed between the second magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg. A first terminal of the primary winding is disposed between the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg, and a second terminal of the primary winding is disposed between the second magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A magnetic device, comprising: at least one magnetic core assembly comprising: a first magnetic cover and a second magnetic cover; and a first magnetic leg, a second magnetic leg and a third magnetic leg, wherein the first magnetic leg, the second magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg are arranged in sequence along a same direction, the first magnetic leg, the second magnetic leg and the third magnetic are disposed between the first magnetic cover and the second magnetic cover, and the second magnetic leg is disposed between the first magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg, wherein a magnetic resistance of each of the first magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg is greater than a magnetic resistance of the second magnetic leg; a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding, wherein the first secondary winding is disposed between the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg, and the second secondary winding is disposed between the second magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg; and a primary winding, wherein a first terminal of the primary winding is disposed between the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg so that the primary winding is wound around the second magnetic leg, and a second terminal of the primary winding is disposed between the second magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein a first terminal of the first secondary winding and a first terminal of the second secondary winding are at a first side of the magnetic assembly, and a second terminal of the first secondary winding and a second terminal of the second secondary winding is at a second side of the magnetic assembly, wherein the first side and the second side are opposite. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The magnetic device according to claim 2, wherein a current in the first secondary winding flows from the first terminal of the first secondary winding to the second terminal of the first secondary winding, and a current in the second secondary winding flows from the first terminal of the second secondary winding to the second terminal of the second secondary winding. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The magnetic device according to claim 2, wherein there is a first voltage across the first terminal and the second terminal of the first secondary winding, and there is a second voltage across the first terminal and the second terminal of the second secondary winding, wherein a phase difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is 180 degrees. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal of the primary winding, the first terminal of the first secondary winding and the first terminal of the second secondary winding are located at a same side of the magnetic device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein an air gap of each of the first magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg is longer than an air gap of each of the second magnetic leg. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein a material of the first magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg is different from a material of the rest of the magnetic core assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein a total cross section area of the first magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg is greater than a total cross section area of the second magnetic leg. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein a cross section area of the first magnetic leg is equal to a cross section area of the third magnetic leg. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board is a multi-layered circuit board with a plurality of layers, wherein the primary winding, the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding are disposed in different layers of the multi-layered circuit board. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein the primary winding receives an alternative voltage, wherein the alternative voltage is a two-level voltage or a three-level voltage. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding are electrically connected with a conductor, wherein the conductor is an output terminal of a power conversion module. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The magnetic device according to claim 12, wherein the conductor is electroplated on or embedded in an outer surface of the second magnetic cover. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The magnetic device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic device further comprises an auxiliary winding, wherein the auxiliary winding is wound around the first magnetic leg and the third magnetic leg in an 8-shaped form. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The magnetic device according to claim 14, wherein the magnetic device further comprises an auxiliary inductor electrically connected with the auxiliary winding in series. ### Claim 16 A power device, comprising: a magnetic core assembly comprising at least four flux channels; at least four secondary windings wound on the magnetic core assembly, wherein a magnetic flux generated by each of the secondary windings on the magnetic core assembly passes through at least one of the magnetic flux channels; a primary winding; at least four switches; and at least one output capacitor; wherein the magnetic flux channel passed by the magnetic flux generated by each of the secondary windings on the magnetic core assembly, the secondary winding, the switch and the output capacitor form as a basic unit, each of the secondary windings, the corresponding switch and the corresponding output capacitor are connected in series to form a closed loop, and the power device comprises at least four of the closed loops, wherein the at least four of the closed loops are connected in parallel; wherein the primary winding has two winding directions relative to the at least four flux channels, and the number of the basic unit corresponding to each of the winding directions is identical. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The power device according to claim 16, wherein the number of the basic units is an even number. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The power device according to claim 16, wherein the power device further comprises a primary switch circuit connected with the primary winding. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The power device according to claim 18, wherein the power device comprises a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal, a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal, wherein the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal are electrically connected with the primary switch circuit, and the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal are electrically connected with both terminals of the at least one output capacitor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The power device according to claim 18, wherein the primary switch circuit comprises a switch bridge arm, and the switch bridge arm comprises two switches, which are electrically connected with each other in series, wherein a midpoint of the switch bridge arm is electrically connected with a first terminal of the primary winding. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The power device according to claim 20, wherein the primary switch circuit further comprises a capacitor bridge arm, and the capacitor bridge arm and the switch bridge arm are connected with each other in parallel, wherein the capacitor bridge arm comprises two capacitors, which are connected with each other in series, wherein a midpoint of the capacitor bridge arm is electrically connected with a second terminal of the primary winding. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The power device according to claim 20, wherein the primary switch circuit further comprises an additional switch bridge arm, and the additional switch bridge arm and the switch bridge arm are connected with each other in parallel, wherein the additional switch bridge arm comprises two in series connected switches, wherein a midpoint of the additional switch bridge arm is electrically connected with a second terminal of the primary winding. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The power device according to claim 19, wherein the negative input terminal is electrically connected with the negative output terminal. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The power device according to claim 21, wherein the power device comprises a first secondary rectifying circuit and a second secondary rectifying circuit, wherein the first secondary rectifying circuit, two of the at least four secondary windings and the first positive output terminal are formed a first rectifying circuit with a center-tap point, and the second secondary rectifying circuit, the remaining two secondary windings and the first positive output terminal are formed a second rectifying circuit with a center-tap point. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The power device according to claim 24, wherein a direction of a current flowing through one of the two secondary windings of the first rectifying circuit and a direction of a current flowing through the other of the two secondary windings of the first rectifying circuit are identical, and a direction of a current flowing through one of the two secondary windings of the second rectifying circuit and a direction of a current flowing through the other of the two secondary windings of the second rectifying circuit are identical. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The power device according to claim 24, wherein the first secondary rectifying circuit further comprises two of the at least four switches, and the second rectifying circuit further includes the remaining two of the at least four switches. ### Claim 27 (depends on 18) The power device according to claim 18, wherein the primary switch circuit further comprises a blocking capacitor, and the blocking capacitor is serially connected with the primary winding. ### Claim 28 (depends on 16) The power device according to claim 16, wherein each of the at least four secondary windings has one turn. ### Claim 29 (depends on 16) The power device according to claim 16, wherein the magnetic fluxes generated by each of the secondary windings passes through at least one of the magnetic flux channels are magnetically coupled inside the magnetic core assembly. ### Claim 30 (depends on 16) The power device according to claim 16, wherein the circuit board is a multi-layered circuit board with a plurality of layers, wherein at least four secondary windings and the primary winding are disposed in different layers of the multi-layered circuit board.