A direct-current voltage conversion circuit having on/off control with a dead-time period performed alternately on a first switch and a second switch included in a direct-current voltage conversion circuit. When alternating current flows in a series circuit part including two transformers magnetically independent, current flows in an output circuit including a secondary side of one transformer, and energy is accumulated in the other transformer. The permeabilities of the magnetic cores in the first and second transformers is between 15 and 120.

Asymmetric AC to DC autotransformer for turboelectric propulsion, and associated systems and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, an asymmetric AC to DC autotransformer includes: a first coil, a second coil and a third coil of a delta winding Each coil is energized at its corresponding input phase. A first plurality of correction windings coupled to the first coil, a second plurality of correction windings coupled to the second coil, and a third plurality of correction windings coupled to the third coil. A bridge rectifier having a plurality of rectifiers is coupled to respective individual correction windings. Phases of the individual correction windings are asymmetric such that individual phase voltages are controlled relative to the opposite input phase. Voltages are unbalanced relative to neutral.

In examples, provided are leadless power couplers that include (1) a thermal insulating system having an outer wall and an inner wall, (2) a first electrically conductive winding located outside the thermal insulating system, where the first electrically conductive winding is configured to create a varying magnetic field, (3) a plurality of second electrically conductive windings located inside the thermal insulating system and configured to couple to the varying magnetic field, the plurality of second electrically conductive windings being superconductors, (4) a plurality of cryogenic rectifiers, each cryogenic rectifier being coupled to a respective second electrically conductive winding in the plurality of second electrically conductive windings, and (5) a plurality of cryogenic cables coupled between respective outputs of the plurality of cryogenic rectifiers and respective loads.

A power supply module includes a power supply submodule, a plurality of pins, and a second winding unit. The power supply submodule includes a switch, a magnetic core assembly, and a first winding unit including a first winding portion and a second winding portion. The second winding unit includes a third winding portion connected to the first winding portion via some of the plurality of pins to form a first winding, and a fourth winding portion connected to the second winding portion via some of the plurality of pins to form a second winding. The magnetic core assembly, at least the first winding, and the second winding form a magnetic element. The switch is disposed on and electrically connected to the magnetic element. At least one of the plurality of pins is an output pin via which the power supply module powers an intelligent IC load.

A magnetic element includes a first magnetic column, a second magnetic column, a first winding wound around the first magnetic column, and a second winding wound around the second magnetic column. The first winding includes a first horizontal winding, a second horizontal winding, a first vertical winding, and a second vertical winding. The second winding includes a third horizontal winding, a fourth horizontal winding, a third vertical winding, and a fourth vertical winding. The first vertical winding and the third vertical winding are disposed on or in a first circuit board and a second circuit board respectively, the second vertical winding and the fourth vertical winding are disposed on or in a third circuit board. The first circuit board, the first magnetic column, the third circuit board, the second magnetic column, and the second circuit board are sequentially bonded to form a pre-package.

Embodiments of a multifilar inductor with at least three windings that are switchable, having a power assigned winding denoted as P1, a suppression assigned winding denoted as B, a containment assigned winding denoted as T, a switching apparatus to switch assignments between the P1, B and T windings; and a capacitor bank, wherein B suppresses the back EMF generated by a pulse power, T contains field emitted EMF generated by the pulse power. The input pulse power input is converted to a constant current output into the capacitor bank such that its time duration is extended by the combination of the inductor windings plus the capacitor bank to thereby minimize the peak inductance below the inductor's saturation point.

A welding current source for providing a welding current and a welding voltage at an output in order to carry out an arc welding process includes an input-side rectifier, an inverter, which is operated with a switching frequency, a transformer having a primary winding and at least two secondary windings, at least two rectifiers arranged between the secondary windings and the output, and at least one capacitor and one load resistor at the output. At least one current-limiting reactor is arranged on the second secondary winding and the load resistor for discharging the capacitor, which can be charged by the current-limiting reactor, the current-limiting reactor, and the capacitor are dimensioned in such a way that the maximum value of the no-load voltage at the output is greater than the voltage corresponding to the transmission ratio of the primary winding to the secondary winding of the transformer.

A welding-type power supply including a balanced plate rectifier to rectify high frequency alternating current from one or more transformers. The balanced plate rectifier includes an output terminal symmetrically connected to the plates of the plate rectifiers. The impedance between the output terminal and each plate is substantially equal.

A transformer that can easily cope with various input voltage specifications and that, has improved productivity is obtained. A transformer includes: a core portion for forming a magnetic circuit; and a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding wound at the core portion. One or both of the primary-side winding and the secondary-side winding are divided into a plurality of division windings, and each of the plurality of the division windings of the at least one divided winding has a wound part wound at the core portion, and two extending members extending from both ends of the wound part. The extending members of the plurality of the division windings of the at least one divided winding are mutually connected, and a number of turns in the transformer of the at least one divided winding is set.

A transformer includes a multilayer board including insulation layers stacked in a thickness direction, a primary coil provided on at least one of the insulation layers, and a secondary coil provided on at least one of the insulation layers. The primary coil includes first sub coils electrically connected in series to each other, and second sub coils electrically connected in series to each other. Surfaces of the plurality of insulation layers constitute layer planes of the multilayer board. At least two of the first sub coils are provided on layer planes out of the layer plane different from each other. At least two of the second sub coils are provided on layer planes out of the layer planes different from each other. An average of positions of the first sub coils in the thickness direction is aligned with an average of positions of the second sub coils in the thickness direction.