Patent ID: 8842449
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H02M,Y02B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An LLC resonant converter being controlled by a control circuit to operate at a switching frequency, the LLC resonant converter comprising: an isolation transformer having a primary winding and a plurality of secondary winding to generate a plurality of output voltages; a high-side switch and a low-side switch connected in series across a DC input voltage, the high-side switch and the low-side switch being driven by the control circuit to turn on and off at the switching frequency to generate a driving voltage at a common node, the driving voltage being coupled to a series resonant inductor coupled between the common node and the primary winding of the isolation transformer; a shunt inductor and a series resonant capacitor connected in series with the series resonant inductor between the common node and a neutral or ground node of the DC input voltage, the shunt inductor being connected in parallel with the primary winding of the isolation transformer; a first capacitor connected to the primary winding through AC coupling to sense a current flowing through the primary winding of the isolation transformer with no DC current flow, the first capacitor being connected in series with a first resistor and a first diode to generate a first voltage indicative of the current flowing through the primary winding of the isolation transformer, the first diode having an anode coupled to the first resistor and a cathode; one or more turn windings on the isolation transformer in parallel with the primary winding to sense a second voltage being indicative of a voltage at the primary winding; and a current and voltage sense circuit configured to receive the first voltage indicative of the current of the primary winding and the second voltage indicative of the voltage at the primary winding, the cathode of the first diode being coupled to the current and voltage sense circuit, the current and voltage sense circuit being configured to generate a feedback signal, the feedback signal being coupled to the control circuit to regulate the switching frequency of the high-side switch and the low-side switch in response to the current and the voltage at the primary winding to maintain output regulation for all of the plurality of output voltages.