Patent ID: 7154763
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H02M

Abstract:
1. A push-pull switching power converter comprising: a first series circuit having a first switching device, a primary winding of a first transformer, a primary winding of a second transformer, and a second switching device in this order, the first series circuit being connected between high and low output terminals of a DC power source; a second series circuit having a first capacitor and a second capacitor, the second series circuit being connected between the high and low output terminals of the DC power source; a third capacitor connected in parallel to the first switching device; a fourth capacitor connected in parallel to the second switching device; a partial path for current resonance, the partial path connecting a middle point of the first series circuit to a middle point of the second series circuit; a first coil provided on an electric current path comprising half of the first series circuit at the high potential side, the partial path for current resonance, and half of the second series circuit at the low potential side; a second coil provided on an electric current path comprising half of the second series circuit at the high potential side, the partial path for current resonance, and half of the first series circuit at the low potential side; pulse generating means for generating a drive pulse to complementarily switch on and off the first switching device and the second switching device; and rectifying and smoothing means for converting AC power induced in a secondary winding of at least one of the first and second transformers to a DC current; wherein a switching voltage and switching current have the shape of a sine wave by causing current resonance with the first coil and the second capacitor during the time when the first switching device is on and causing current resonance with the second coil and the first capacitor during the time when the second switching device is on, and by causing voltage resonance with the third capacitor and the primary inductance of the first transformer during the time when the first switching device is off and causing voltage resonance with the fourth capacitor and the primary inductance of the second transformer during the time when the second switching device is off.