Soft-switching for high-frequency power conversion
AssigneeEMD Technologies Inc.
InventorsRobert Beland, Giampaolo Carli
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Abstract
A power converter designed for operation at high frequencies includes a soft-switching cell comprising a split inductor, a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, two diodes and a controlled semiconductor. Alternatively, the power converter includes a soft-switching cell comprising a transformer having isolated windings, a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, two diodes and a controlled semiconductor.
Claims25
A power converter designed for operation at high frequencies including a soft-switching cell comprising a split inductor, a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, two diodes and a controlled semiconductor.
A power converter designed for operation at high frequencies including a soft-switching cell comprising a transformer having isolated windings, a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, two diodes and a controlled semiconductor.
A method for controlling operation of a power converter designed for operation at high frequencies includes:
- providing a soft-switching cell comprising a transformer with isolated windings, a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, two diodes, and an Qaux controlled semiconductor;
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- producing a first drive signal for the an Qaux controlled semiconductor and a second drive signal for the an Qmain controlled semiconductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.