Patent ID: 7019996

Claim:
A power converter, comprising: a circuit board; a planar transformer physically coupled to the circuit board, the planar transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side and having at least a first edge and a second edge opposed to the first edge; a first set of switching devices forming a first full bridge circuit comprising a first, a second, a third and a fourth branch of the first full bridge circuit, at least one switching device in each branch mounted on the circuit board along at least a portion of the first edge of the planar transformer wherein the first and the second branch form a first leg of the first full bridge circuit and the third and the fourth branches form a second leg of the first full bridge circuit, and the switching devices of the first full bridge circuit are linearly arranged and ordered such that the switching devices in the first leg are successively adjacent one another and the switching devices in the second leg are successively adjacent one another; and a second set of switching devices forming a second full bridge circuit comprising a first, a second, a third and a fourth branch of the second full bridge circuit, at least a first switching device in each branch mounted on the circuit board along at least a portion of the second edge of the planar transformer.