Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – With means to introduce or eliminate frequency components
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-02
2009-10-20
Laxton, Gary L (Department: 2838)
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
With means to introduce or eliminate frequency components
C363S021040, C363S021120
Reexamination Certificate
active
07606051
ABSTRACT:
The subject invention reveals improvement methods for circuits that use a coupled inductor wherein overshoot and ringing associated with leakage inductance of said coupled inductor is entirely eliminated by addition of non-dissipative active clamp networks that clamp each winding during each operating state of a power supply containing said coupled inductor. A further improvement applicable to zero voltage switching circuits that employ an inductor for driving a zero voltage turn on switching transition of a switch enables elimination of said inductor and preserves said zero voltage switching properties by adding leakage inductance to a coupled inductor without any adverse overshoot and ringing effects associated with said leakage inductance. The subject invention also reveals a coupled inductor with enhanced leakage inductance which can be used with said other improvements. Example circuits including zero voltage switching flyback and forward converters which require only one magnetic circuit element are revealed. Zero voltage switching tapped inductor buck and boost converters with a single magnetic circuit element are also revealed.
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