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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Milivoje S. Brkovic, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
di/dt, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 ;
Abstract
The invention employs a coreless isolated transformer, with associated electronic circuitry, for providing an initial bias and enable signal for control and drive circuitry that is referenced to the output of a converter. The improvement is accomplished by embedding the transformer primary and secondary windings into a multi-layer PCB so that the transformer does not occupy space on the top and bottom surfaces of the PCB The initial bias voltage is used to initialize operation of the control circuit when referenced to the output side of the converter. Thus, complete regulation and drive signals are generated on the output side.