Bidirectional Architectures With Partial Energy Processing For DC/DC Converters

A direct current (DC)-to-DC converter, comprising:

• a full-bridge circuit that converts a DC voltage into an AC voltage;
• a majority power path comprising a majority transformer component, the majority power path generating a majority DC voltage based at least in part on the AC voltage;
• a minority power path comprising a plurality of regulator circuits and at least one minority transformer component, the minority power path generating at least one minority DC voltage based at least in part on the AC voltage;
• and
• a controller configured to rotate a use of a non-unity duty cycle among the plurality of regulator circuits to adjust a combined DC voltage of the DC-to-DC converter based at least in part on the majority DC voltage and the at least one minority DC voltage.

A method, comprising:

• generating, by a direct circuit (DC)-to-alternating current (AC) circuit, an AC voltage based at least in part on a DC voltage;
• transforming, by at least one transformer, a voltage of the AC voltage into a majority AC voltage for a majority power path and at least one minority AC voltage for a minority power path rectifying, by a majority AC-to-DC circuit, the majority AC voltage into a majority DC voltage;
• rectifying, by at least one minority AC-to-DC circuit, the at least one minority AC voltage into at least one minority DC voltage;
• adjusting, using a plurality of regulator circuits of the minority power path, at least one minority DC voltage to adjust a combined DC voltage of the majority power path and the minority power path;
• and
• rotating, by a controller, a use of a non-unity duty cycle among the plurality of regulator circuits to adjust the combined DC voltage.