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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
May. 07, 2018
Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd., Samutprakarn, TH;
Hugues Douglas Njiende, Paderborn, DE;
Osman Erinc, Hamm, DE;
Daniel Ruff, Bad Wünnenberg-Haaren, DE;
DELTA ELECTRONICS (THAILAND) PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED, Samutprakarn, TH;
Abstract
The invention relates to an integrated magnetic component () for a power converter including N>=2 LLC converters configured for interleaved operation. The integrated magnetic component () includes a first yoke and a second yoke and for each LLC converter a winding carrying leg which comprises a primary winding () and a secondary winding (), wherein the primary winding () and the secondary winding () are wound on the respective winding carrying leg. The integrated magnetic component () further includes one or more return legs. Herein the winding carrying legs and the one or more return legs are arranged side by side, each leg being magnetically connected to both yokes and the winding carrying legs include a transformer air gap () whereas the at least one return leg is air gap free and at least one return leg is arranged between two winding carrying legs. The invention further relates to a power converter including a switching converter stage (), a rectifier stage () and a resonant stage, the resonant stage including N>=2 parallel LLC converters.