Patent ID: 8369116
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H02M

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a power converter, comprising: a) providing an output circuit, and b) providing an alternating-current current-compliant voltage source , an alternating-current source terminal, an alternating-current return terminal, an alternating-current return voltage, and a predetermined operating frequency, said alternating-current current-compliant voltage source having said alternating-current source terminal and said alternating-current return terminal, said output circuit being exclusive of the alternating-current current-compliant voltage source, said alternating-current return terminal having said alternating-current return voltage, said alternating-current current-compliant voltage source operating at said predetermined operating frequency, and c) providing a peak source voltage magnitude, said alternating-current source terminal having said peak source voltage magnitude with respect to said alternating-current return voltage, and d) providing a power transformer, said power transformer having a plurality of primary terminals and a plurality of secondary terminals and a primary input terminal and a primary return terminal, said plurality of primary terminals comprising said primary input terminal and said primary return terminal, said output circuit being inclusive of said plurality of secondary terminals, said output circuit being exclusive of said plurality of primary terminals, and e) providing a primary inductance, an operative input means, an operative output means, a primary series inductor, a primary series stray inductance, a primary leakage inductance attributed to the primary terminals, a secondary leakage inductance attributed to the secondary terminals, and a predetermined effective-cumulative series inductance value, said primary inductance having the operative input means as a means of connection to its input, and the operative output means as a means of connection to its output, said primary inductance having said predetermined effective-cumulative series inductance value, said predetermined effective-cumulative series inductance value resulting from at least one inductance selected from the group consisting of said primary series inductor and said primary series stray inductance and said primary leakage inductance and said secondary leakage inductance after analytical reflection to said primary input terminal and said primary return terminal, said output circuit being exclusive of said primary inductance, and f) providing an alternating-current voltage-compliant current source, and connection of said operative input operatively with said alternating-current source terminal, said alternating-current voltage-compliant current source comprising alternating-current current-compliant voltage source and said primary inductance and the connection of said operative input operatively with said alternating-current source terminal, and g) providing for a series electrical circuit, and connection of said operative output operatively to said primary input terminal, and connection of said primary return terminal operatively to said alternating-current return terminal, whereby said series electrical circuit comprises said alternating-current voltage-compliant current source and said plurality of primary terminals, and h) providing a rectification means, and a plurality of rectification input terminals, and a plurality of rectification output terminals, said rectification means having said plurality of rectification input terminals and said plurality of rectification output terminals, said rectification means controlling current to occur only in predetermined directions through the rectification output terminals and the rectification input terminals, whereby an alternating-current power source at the rectification input terminals will result in full-wave rectification from the rectification output terminals, said output circuit being inclusive of said rectification means, and i) providing for connection of said rectification input terminals operatively to said plurality of secondary terminals, and j) providing a current-compliant impedance, and a predetermined impedance current maximum magnitude, and an impedance voltage drop across said current-compliant impedance, and a predetermined impedance voltage drop maximum magnitude, whereby said impedance voltage drop across said current-compliant impedance due to said predetermined impedance current maximum magnitude does not exceed said predetermined impedance voltage drop maximum magnitude, and k) providing a plurality of working voltages, and a working voltage maximum magnitude, said plurality of working voltages consisting of all voltages present in said output circuit, said plurality of working voltages having said working voltage maximum magnitude, said working voltage maximum magnitude being limited to voltages present on said plurality of secondary terminals, and l) providing for connection of said current-compliant impedance operatively to the rectification output terminals, whereby said rectification means will clamp said working voltage maximum magnitude to said impedance voltage drop across said current-compliant impedance, whereby said output circuit will have said working voltage maximum magnitude substantially clamped to said predetermined impedance voltage drop maximum magnitude.