Patent ID: 11863080
Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 15:
16. A method comprising:
receiving, at an input terminal of a power converter circuit, power within a predetermined voltage range;
isolating an output terminal of the power converter circuit from the input terminal with galvanic isolation circuitry, wherein the galvanic isolation circuitry comprises a leakage inductance;
operating in a resonant discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) based on an inductance value of the leakage inductance, an inductance value for the magnetizing inductance and a capacitance of a resonant capacitor in series with the leakage inductance;
wherein the resonant capacitor connects a switch node to the galvanic isolation circuitry,
wherein an input inductor connects the input terminal to the switch node,
wherein a main switch connects to a clamping switch at the switching node, and

switching both the main switch and the clamping switch OFF during a dead time, wherein a voltage at the switch node transitions between a first voltage magnitude and a second voltage magnitude within the dead time.