Dc/dc conversion circuit
CA 2120286 C · Owner: Alcatel Lucent · Inventors: Rodriguez Perez, Julio; Vazquez Lopez, Manuel; De La Cruz Moreno, Enrique
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of the type that implements the "forward PWM" topology and which comprises a DC/AC converter (M), a self-driven synchronous rectifier (T1,T2), which rectifies the alternating voltage signal coming from the DC/AC converter (M), and a filter (L1, C1) that filters the rectified signal, thereby obtaining the DC output voltage from the DC/DC conversion circuit. This DC/DC conversion circuit is characterised in that the DC/AC converter (M) includes means to generate an alternating signal with a square waveform that does not take zero instantaneous values such that no current flows through the body diode of either of the transistors (T1,T2) of the self-driven synchronous rectifier.
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- Filed March 30, 1994 and granted February 17, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 30, 2014.
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