Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
  • H02M7/00—Conversion of AC power input into DC power output; Conversion of DC power input into AC power output
  • H02M7/02—Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal
  • H02M7/04—Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters
  • H02M7/12—Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
  • H02M1/00—Details of apparatus for conversion
  • H02M1/38—Means for preventing simultaneous conduction of switches
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02M—APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
  • H02M3/00—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output
  • H02M3/22—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC
  • H02M3/24—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters
  • H02M3/28—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC
  • H02M3/325—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
  • H02M3/335—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
  • H02M3/33569—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only having several active switching elements
  • H02M3/33576—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only having several active switching elements having at least one active switching element at the secondary side of an isolation transformer
  • H02M3/33592—Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only having several active switching elements having at least one active switching element at the secondary side of an isolation transformer having a synchronous rectifier circuit or a synchronous freewheeling circuit at the secondary side of an isolation transformer
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
  • Y02B70/00—Technologies for an efficient end-user side electric power management and consumption
  • Y02B70/10—Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Definitions

• This invention relates generally to logic integrated circuits, and more particularly
• rectification refers to using active devices such as the MOSFET as a replacement for
• Figure 1 A shows an example of
• synchronous rectification circuitry 12 comprising two
• transformer 18 and the output.
• the transformer voltage has a recognizable zero voltage interval, making it undesirable to implement self-driven synchronous rectification.
• the resonant reset interval has
• a self-driven synchronous rectifier circuit for a
• the circuit includes a transformer having a primary and secondary
• a first switch is coupled to the first
• the first and second switches are coupled to the
• rectifiers are initiated by a polarity reversal of the voltage of the secondary transformer
• a self-driven synchronous rectifier circuit for
• a power converter including a transformer having a primary and secondary winding, the secondary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal.
• first synchronous rectifier having a source, drain and gate, the drain of the first
• second synchronous rectifier having a source, drain and gate, the source of the second
• the drain of the second synchronous rectifier being coupled to the first terminal of the
• the circuit includes a first switch having a source, drain and gate,
• a second switch having a source, drain and gate, where the source of the
• second switch is coupled to the second terminal of the secondary winding and the gate of
• the second switch is coupled to the first terminal of the secondary winding.
• the second switch is coupled to the gate of the second synchronous rectifier.
• the method includes the steps of providing the varying signal to the primary
• a second synchronous rectifier conducts current via the first terminal of the
• Figure 1 A illustrates a prior art active clamp forward converter with self-driven
• Figure IB illustrates typical transformer voltages for a "D, 1-D" type converter
• Figure 2A illustrates a prior art clamp forward circuit with passive reset
• Figure 2B shows secondary transformer voltage waveform 28 of Figure 2A;
• Figure 3 A illustrates a clamp forward circuit with passive reset utilizing an
• Figure 3B shows voltage waveforms of the self-driven synchronous rectifier of
• Figure 4 shows a half-wave rectifier with the present invention and optional
• Figure 5 illustrates the present invention configured for a full-wave rectifier
• Figure 6 shows typical waveforms of an active clamp forward converter with self-
• Figure 7 illustrates an active clamp forward circuit with the self-driven
• Figure 8 shows an active clamp forward-flyback circuit with the self-driven
• Figure 9 illustrates a phase-shifted ZVS full-bridge circuit with the self-driven
• Figure 10 shows an embodiment of the present self-driven synchronous scheme
• Figure 11 illustrates an embodiment of the present self-driven synchronous
• Figure 12 shows an embodiment of the present self-driven synchronous full-wave
• rectifier having optional gate voltage limiters 90 and 92;
• Figure 13 shows synchronous rectifier current waveforms for hard-switched push-
• Figure 14 shows an embodiment of the present invention with saturable inductors
• Figure 15 illustrates typical waveforms for the present invention having saturable
• FIG 16 shows an alternate embodiment, with different transformer connection
• freewheeling stage turns off (corresponding to period 30 of waveform 28 in Figure 2B)
• the switches 44 and 46 are MOSFETs smaller than the MOSFETs used as
• the switches 44 and 46 are used to drive synchronous
• Synchronous rectifiers 14 and 16 are turned on through the anti -parallel diode
• an inductor L 0 is coupled in
• a capacitor C 0 is coupled across the rails to smooth the voltage, as
• the sequence is as follows: at the time when the primary
• Rectifier 16 needs the voltage of the transformer 49 to reverse polarity in
• Rectifier 14 turns on into a
• the driving scheme of the present invention results in "shoot through” currents
• optional external inductor 60 and/or 62 may be added in series with synchronous
• 62 are preferably one-turn ferrite inductors that are allowed to saturate, or a more typical saturable inductor having square loop material. Using a saturable inductor minimizes the
• MOSFETs used for synchronous rectifiers 14 and 16 are very slow and don't turn off fast
• the switches 44 and 46 provide a buffer to the
• FIGS. 7 and 8 show the implementation of the self-driven synchronous rectifier
• ZVS Voltage Switching
• the present invention works well with a variety of many circuit topologies.
• Switches 90 and 92 preferably comprise P-type MOSFETs, and turn on the synchronous
• resistors 94 and 96 may be placed in series with
• pair of voltage limiters 98 and 100 preferably comprising N-type MOSFETs have been
• Transitions T R1 and T ⁇ develop voltages in the parasitic inductances and resistances
• saturable inductors 60 and 62 may be
• a further advantage of the present invention is the ability to adapt the scheme for any type
• Another advantage of the present invention is that the switches 44
• converters such as AC -AC, for example.
• voltage drivers 98 and 100 are shown as MOSFETs; however, it is
• switches 44 and 46 may be tapped from any place in the transformer

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• Electronic Switches (AREA)
• Control Of Electric Motors In General (AREA)
• Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
• Control Of Eletrric Generators (AREA)

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