International Rectifier Corporation

Marco Passoni

Marco Giandalia

Massimo Grasso

A planar transformer arrangement and method provide isolation between an input signal and an output signal. The planar transformer arrangement includes a planar medium having a first layer, a second layer, and a dielectric interlayer arranged between the first and second layers; at least one meandering primary winding arranged on the first layer of the planar medium, a current flow being induced within the primary winding in accordance with the input signal; at least one meandering secondary winding arranged on the second layer of the planar medium, the primary and secondary windings forming a planar transformer, whereby a voltage is induced across the secondary winding in accordance with the current flow within the primary winding; and a mode elimination arrangement configured to produce a compensated voltage by compensating for a common mode interference on the voltage induced across the secondary winding, the mode elimination arrangement being further configured to generate the output signal in accordance with the compensated voltage; wherein the dielectric interlayer of the planar medium provides a voltage isolation between the primary and secondary windings.

Planar transformer arrangement

A power supply has an output circuit for a secondary stage of a converter that switches on and off a switching device such that the output voltage of the converter is regulated across a capacitor without use of an inductor in the output circuit. For example, the switching device is a semiconductor field effect transistor controlled by a comparator. The output circuit may be used with a switch mode power supply comprising a coreless, planar isolation transformer.

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