A power converter includes a transformer including a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding magnetically coupled to the primary winding, a bridge circuit including a switching element, and an inductor. A direct current voltage is converted into an alternating current voltage by turning on and off the switching element in the bridge circuit. An output voltage in the secondary winding is induced by supplying the alternating current voltage to the primary winding. The inductor is disposed on a path connecting the switching element and the primary winding. A resonance inductance value Lr including a leakage inductance value of the transformer and an inductance value of the inductor satisfies Formula 1.

Power conversion apparatus converts input voltage and supplies output voltage to the electric load. The apparatus includes a semiconductor switch switches between open and closed states to regulate voltage control current for controlling output voltage, a first voltage detection section detects remote voltage being applied to the electric load as output voltage, a second voltage detection section detects a local voltage being applied to the output terminal as output voltage, a target current calculation section calculates target current which is the voltage control current target value, based on voltage deviation between target voltage which is the output voltage target value and either remote voltage or local voltage, and a switch control section controls the semiconductor switch so voltage control current becomes target current, to regulate output voltage to target voltage. The target current calculation section calculates the target current by using one of the remote or local voltage corresponds to a smaller target current.

A power converter includes a circuit board having an elongated anode receiving an input voltage and an input current and an elongated cathode providing an output voltage and an output current, and a plurality of diodes electrically arranged in parallel between the anode and cathode. The parallel diodes convert the input voltage to an output voltage, convert the input current to an output current.

A hybrid power conversion circuit includes a high-side switch, a low-side switch, a transformer, a resonance tank, a first switch, a second switch, a first synchronous rectification switch, a second synchronous rectification switch, and a third switch. The resonance tank has an external inductor, an external capacitance, and an internal inductor. The first switch is connected to the external inductor. The second switch and a first capacitance form a series-connected path, and is connected to the external capacitance. The first and second synchronous rectification switches are respectively coupled to a first winding and a second winding. The third switch is connected to the second synchronous rectification switch. When an output voltage is less than a voltage interval, the hybrid power conversion circuit operates in a hybrid flyback conversion mode, and otherwise the hybrid power conversion circuit operates in a resonance conversion mode.

A power supply device includes a power supply module, a high voltage conversion module and a control module. The high voltage conversion module includes a first high-voltage output module and a second high-voltage output module both connected to the power supply module. The control module is connected to the first high-voltage output module and the second high-voltage output module to respectively sample a first output voltage of the first high-voltage output module and a second output voltage of the second high-voltage output module and generate a power control signal, a first control signal and a second control signal respectively used to control the power supply module, the first high-voltage output module and the second high-voltage output module. There is a phase difference between the first control signal and the second control signal to interleaving control the first high-voltage output module and the second high-voltage output module.

The invention relates to a method for modulating the boost converter operating mode of a push-pull converter having a low-voltage-side circuit, having a first low-voltage-side switching device and a second low-voltage-side switching device; having a transformer having a high-voltage-side winding; and having a high-voltage-side circuit, which is configured as a full-bridge rectifier, having a first and a second rectification element which form a first half-bridge and a third and a fourth rectification element which form a second half-bridge; wherein the method comprises the steps of closing the first low-voltage-side switching device whilst simultaneously short-circuiting the high-voltage-side winding via the first or the fourth rectification element during a first time segment; opening the rectification element used for short-circuiting the high-voltage-side winding during a second time segment; opening the first low-voltage-side switching device and closing the second low-voltage-side switching device whilst simultaneously short-circuiting the high-voltage-side winding via the third or the fourth rectification element in the second half-bridge during a third time segment; and opening the rectification element used for short-circuiting the high-voltage-side winding during a fourth time segment.

A power conversion apparatus supplies power from a DC power supply to a capacitive load by a current input push-pull DCDC converter provided with switching elements Q1 and Q2. When a capacitive load voltage is not larger than a second predetermined value, a first mode is used which turns ON one of the switching elements Q1 and Q2 alternated with turning OFF both. When the capacitive load voltage is larger than the second predetermined value but not larger than a first predetermined value, a second mode is used which turns ON both of the switching elements Q1 and Q2, then turns ON one of them, then turns OFF both, sequentially. When the capacitive load voltage is larger than the first predetermined value, a third mode is used, turning ON both of the switching elements Q1 and Q2 alternated with turning ON one of them.

A driver circuit for synchronous rectifier electronic switches, such as SR MOSFETs in resonant converters controls a pair of synchronous rectifier electronic switches to apply thereto a drive voltage to switch the synchronous rectifier electronic switches on and off synchronously with a converter current. The driver circuit includes a programming module to produce a first signal indicative of the figure of merit of the synchronous rectifier electronic switches, and, optionally, a current sensing module to produce a second signal indicative of the output current of the synchronous rectifier electronic switches. An output module is included to generate a value for the drive voltage which is a function of the first signal indicative of the figure of merit and, optionally, of the second signal indicative of the output current of the synchronous rectifier electronic switches.

A power conversion apparatus supplies power from a DC power supply to a capacitive load by a current input push-pull DCDC converter provided with switching elements Q1 and Q2. When a capacitive load voltage is not larger than a second predetermined value, a first mode is used which turns ON one of the switching elements Q1 and Q2 alternated with turning OFF both. When the capacitive load voltage is larger than the second predetermined value but not larger than a first predetermined value, a second mode is used which turns ON both of the switching elements Q1 and Q2, then turns ON one of them, then turns OFF both, sequentially. When the capacitive load voltage is larger than the first predetermined value, a third mode is used, turning ON both of the switching elements Q1 and Q2 alternated with turning ON one of them.

Power converters and methods of converting power are provided. In one aspect a converter includes an input to receive an input voltage having an input voltage value, an output, a first voltage bus, a midpoint, a first transformer having a primary and a secondary, a first circuit coupled to the input, coupled between the midpoint and the first voltage bus and coupled to the primary of the first transformer, an output circuit coupled to the secondary of the first transformer and coupled to the output, and a control circuit coupled to the first circuit and configured to control the first circuit to provide an AC voltage at the primary of the first transformer, wherein the control circuit is configured to control switches of the first circuit using a modified triangular waveform.