Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – Including d.c.-a.c.-d.c. converter
Patent
1991-05-15
1992-07-21
Sterrett, J. L.
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
Including d.c.-a.c.-d.c. converter
363 91, 363132, H02M 3335
Patent
active
051328895
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a circuit and method for reducing switching losses in a full bridge, resonant transition, switching power converter. The converter circuit includes a bridge switching circuit having an FET switch in each leg of the bridge. Each FET has a parasitic drain-to-source capacitance. The primary of a power transformer is connected across the bridge. Two secondary windings of the transformer are connected in a center-tapped configuration. A saturable reactor and a rectifier is connected in series with each secondary winding. A control means controls the conduction interval of the FET switches to produce a first and a second half-cycle of converter operation, each half-cycle including an on-time and a free-wheeling interval. The saturable reactors force unequal current distribution in the secondary windings during the free-wheeling intervals such that a primary current is caused to flow. This primary current is used to charge the parasitic capacitances of the FET switches such that each FET is switched ON only when its drain-to-source voltage is near zero.
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Hitchcock Leonard J.
Walters Michael M.
Wunderlich Ronnie A.
IBM Corporation
Sterrett J. L.
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