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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Minjie Chen, Brighton, MA (US);
David J. Perreault, Andover, MA (US);
Khurram K. Afridi, Boulder, CO (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A split drive transformer (SDT) and use of such a transformer in a power converter is described. The power converter includes a power and distributor circuit configured to receive one or more input signals and provides multiple signals to a first side of the SDT. The SDT receives the signals provided to the first side thereof and provides signals at a second side thereof to a power combiner and rectifier circuit which is configured to provide output signals to a load. In some embodiments, the SDT may be provided as a switched-capacitor (SC) SDT. In some embodiments, the power converter may optionally include a level selection circuit (LSC) on one or both of the distributor and combiner sides.