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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicant:
Mark E. Jacobs, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Mark E. Jacobs, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dc-dc converter is disclosed comprising an active clamp topology, including an active clamp resonant transition system to provide substantially zero or reduced voltage for turn-on of the primary switch. The resonant transition system includes an inductor in series with the primary winding of the power transformer and a clamp diode that operate cooperatively to turn on the primary switch with reduced voltage. A second diode is included in series with a balancing resistor to discharge a snubber capacitor with improved efficiency. The addition of these circuit components provides low switching losses and low component stresses in the overall design.