Abstract:
An embodiment of a power-supply controller is operable to couple a first node of a first inductor to first and second reference nodes, the first inductor composing a first phase of a power supply and having a second node coupled to an output node of the power supply. The controller is also operable to couple a first node of a second inductor to third and fourth reference nodes, the second inductor composing a second phase of the power supply and having a second node. Furthermore, the controller is operable to uncouple the second node of the second inductor from the output node of the power supply. For example, where the first and second inductors are magnetically coupled, such a controller allows the power supply to operate as an uncoupled-inductor (UI) power supply in one mode, and as a coupled-inductor (CI) power supply in another mode.
Abstract:
A DC-DC converter is structured such that a main switching element has one terminal connected to one terminal of a DC power supply and has the other terminal connected to one terminal of a first winding of a resonance coil, a choke coil has one terminal connected to one terminal of a second winding of the resonance coil and has the other terminal connected to one terminal of an output capacitor, a rectifier diode has one terminal connected to the connection of the first and second windings and has the other terminal connected to the other terminal of the output capacitor and also to the other terminal of the DC power supply, and a series circuit including an auxiliary switching element and a clamping capacitor is provided between the other terminal of the DC power supply and the connection of the main switching element and the first winding.
Abstract:
An isolation transformer boost system. The system includes a power supply and an isolation transformer. The isolation transformer includes a primary winding electrically connected to the power supply, a secondary winding, a first voltage tap, and a second voltage tap. Wherein the isolation transformer is configured to, in response to a command from an electronic processor, disconnect a connection from the second voltage tap and establish a second connection from the first voltage tap, wherein the command is based on an electrical characteristic measurement of the power supply exceeding an upper limit threshold for a predetermined period of time.
Abstract:
Voltage supplies for supplying control devices for an aircraft are frequently designed to be redundant, so that the failure of individual operative parts of the voltage supply does not result in a complete failure of the voltage supply and thus the control device. The object of the invention is to provide a voltage supply device functioning in an operationally reliable manner in particular for an aircraft control device, having a manageable number of components.For this purpose, a voltage supply device 4 having a first and a second main channel arrangement 6a, b is provided, wherein the voltage supply device 4 has a first and a second output transformer 17a, b, wherein a first output inductor 15a of the first main channel arrangement is designed as a primary winding 16a of the first output transformer 17a, and the second output inductor 15b of the second main channel arrangement 6b is designed as a primary winding 16b of the second output transformer 17b; and wherein the voltage supply device 4 has at least a first secondary channel arrangement 18a, wherein the first secondary channel arrangement 18a has a first secondary voltage output N1 and a first secondary winding 19a of the first output transformer 17a and a first secondary winding 19b of the second output transformer 17b, wherein the first secondary voltage output N1 is connected to the first secondary windings 19a, b which are connected in parallel.
Abstract:
A DC/DC converter includes a first transformer and a second transformer each having primary windings and secondary windings respectively having first windings and second windings, a second switch connected to both ends of a first series circuit, a fourth switch connected to both ends of a second series circuit, a third series circuit being connected to both ends of the second switch and having the second winding and a second DC power supply, a fourth series circuit being connected to both ends of the fourth switch and having the second winding and the second DC power supply, a reactor connected to both ends of a series circuit having the secondary windings, and a control circuit turning ON/OFF the first and third switches with a phase difference of a half cycle and turning ON/OFF the second and fourth switches with a phase difference of a half cycle.
Abstract:
An integrated system on a chip includes processing circuitry that performs predefined digital processing functions on the chip. The processing circuitry operates responsive to a regulated voltage. An on-chip boost converter generates the regulated voltage responsive to an off-chip voltage provided by an off chip voltage source. The regulated voltage source has a voltage level greater than the off-chip voltage.
Abstract:
A power conversion circuit, in which a flyback converter is modified with additional elements to provide both dissipationless snubbing and also input ripple cancellation. This is achieved by appropriate connection of an additional winding to the isolating transformer, without any need for a second transformer. The configuration of the secondary is conventional, and the switching transistor is connected in series with the primary winding across DC inputs (taken e.g. from a full-wave-rectified line voltage). The additional winding is connected on the primary side, and preferably has a near-unity turns ratio with the primary which is the inverse of the coupling coefficient. However, the additional winding is not connected between the two DC inputs, but instead has one end coupled through an intermediate capacitor to the corresponding end of the primary, and the other end coupled through a capacitor to the negative DC input. By use of appropriate reactances a balancing current is maintained in the additional winding, which keeps the total current through the primary absolutely flat. The intermediate capacitor which links the primary and additional windings also provides efficient snubbing: it catches the energy stored in the primary leakage inductance, and also limits the maximum voltage on the switch. This results in a converter with no ripple at the input, high efficiency, and very efficient snubbing. Moreover, by using a second active element for regeneration, energy loss during switching of the primary switch is minimized.
Abstract:
There is provided a transformer system (10) for converting a grid voltage (Vgrid) to a regulated voltage (Vregulated) and output the regulated voltage (Vregulated) to a power line (30), the transformer system (10) comprising: a first transformer (40) configured to step down the grid voltage (Vgrid) to an unregulated voltage (Vunregulated) and provide the unregulated voltage (Vunregulated) at an output of the first transformer (40); a shunt coupling transformer (50) connected in parallel with the output of the first transformer (40) and further connected to power electronics circuitry (60); and a series coupling transformer (70) connected in series with the output of the first transformer (40) and further connected to the power electronics circuitry (60). The power electronics circuitry (60) adds, via the series coupling transformer, a conditioning voltage (Vconditioning) in series to the unregulated voltage (Vunregulated) to generate the regulated voltage (Vregulated). The first transformer, the series coupling transformer and the shunt coupling transformer are housed in a single transformer tank (80), and the power electronics circuitry is housed in a power electronics enclosure (90) separate from the transformer tank. Each of the transformer tank and the power electronics enclosure comprises one or more openings (95) through which electrical connections (97) between the shunt coupling transformer (50), the series coupling transformer (70) and the power electronics circuitry (60) pass.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to a voltage regulator system having a voltage regulation controller and a transformer assembly. The transformer assembly includes a coil winding, a multi-contact tap arrangement connected to the coil winding, and a multifurcated tap changer system that includes a first tap changer having a contactor element which makes contact with a first contact of the multi-contact tap arrangement when the controller provides a positioning stimulus based on sensing a voltage deviation from a nominal output voltage of the voltage regulator system. The multifurcated tap changer system further includes a second tap changer that is mechanically ganged to the first tap changer and includes another contactor element arranged to automatically make contact with a second contact of the multi-contact tap arrangement when the contactor element of the first tap changer makes contact with the first contact of the multi-contact tap arrangement.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides techniques for an improved switching module for voltage regulators or transformers with voltage regulating taps. The switching module disclosed herein includes a first bypass switch and a second bypass switch coupled to the first bypass switch, at least one prime mover coupled to and configured to actuate at least one of the first bypass switch and the second bypass switch, and at least one load breaking switch coupled between the first and second bypass switches. In certain example embodiments, a separate prime move is configured to actuate each of the bypass switches and the load breaking switch. In certain other example embodiments, one or more of the bypass switches and the load breaking switch is actuated by a shared prime mover.