Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – With condition responsive means to control the output...
Patent
1998-12-31
2000-11-21
Wong, Peter S.
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
With condition responsive means to control the output...
363 17, H02M 324, H02M 3335
Patent
active
061512311
ABSTRACT:
A series-resonant power converter (10) featuring a tap winding (106) on a transformer (100) that is coupled to a resonant capacitor (124) in a resonant tank circuit (122). An output voltage is taken at a secondary (104) of the transformer (100) via a rectifier (110). A control circuit (140) is coupled to the output voltage to monitor the output voltage with respect to a reference to determine load conditions and to generate a control signal representative thereof. An energy recirculation circuit (180) is coupled to the control circuit (140) and to the voltage source (12) and comprises a switch (186) coupled to the tap winding (106) of the transformer (100). The switch (186) is responsive to the control signal to clamp the voltage across the resonant capacitor (124) when the control circuit (140) detects light load conditions to couple energy extracted from the resonant tank circuit (124) via the tap winding (106) to the voltage source (12), and otherwise to maintain the voltage across the resonant capacitor (124) unaffected when the control circuit (140) determines heavy load conditions.
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Oglesbee John Wendell
Patil Ashok R.
Saint-Pierre Roland Sylvere
Burrus, IV Philip H.
Farley Felipe J.
Motorola Inc.
Patel Rajnikant B.
Wong Peter S.
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