Patent ID: 7279808
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: H02M,Y02B

Abstract:
1. DC voltage converter with soft switching, comprising a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the primary side of the converter being of the type with half-bridge arrangement and capable of being linked to an input voltage source by way of two switches and the secondary side of the converter being of quasi-resonant half-wave type and capable of providing at least one first DC voltage to a first load and one second DC voltage to a second load, said second DC voltage being less than said first DC voltage, first control means for controlling alternately the two switches, at fixed frequency, by pulse width modulation as a function of said first DC output, wherein it comprises a resonant circuit for creating a half-wave resonant current in the secondary winding and charging a first capacitor connected to the terminals of said first load so as to produce said first DC voltage, and in that it furthermore comprises an inductive circuit connected between said secondary winding and a second capacitor connected to the terminals of said second load, which inductive circuit is able to generate a current so as to charge said second capacitor during a part of the half-wave of the resonant current flowing in the secondary winding and produce said second DC voltage.