Switching power supply
Abstract
The invention is a repratable capacitor charging, switching power supply. A ferrite transformer steps up a dc input. The transformer primary is in a full bridge configuration utilizing power MOSFETs as the bridge switches. The transformer secondary is fed into a high voltage, full wave rectified whose output is connected directly to the energy storage capacitor. The transformer is designed to provide adequate leakage inductance to limit capacitor current. The MOSFETs are switched to the variable frequency from 20 to 50 MHz to charge a capacitor from 0.6 kV. The peak current in a transformer primary and secondary is controlled by increasing the pulse width as the capacitor charges. A digital ripple counter counts pulses and after a preselected desired number is reached an up counter is clocked.
- Publication:
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Patent Application Department of Energy
- Pub Date:
- June 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984doe..reptS....M
- Keywords:
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- Capacitors;
- Flash Lamps;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Switching Circuits;
- Electric Potential;
- Energy Storage;
- Patent Applications;
- Transformers;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering