INTEGRATED POWER CONVERTER AND TRANSFORMER

• Main Authors: RAJU, Ravisekhar Nadimpalli, DAME, Mark Edward, HAWES, Nathaniel Benedict
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.11.2017
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION

A power converter (100) for a power system includes an input ceramic layer, an output ceramic layer, an input stage (102) coupled to the input ceramic layer, an output stage (104) coupled to the output ceramic layer, and a planar transformer (106) coupled between said input stage (102) and said output stage (104). The input stage (102) receives a power input and the output stage (104) generates a power output at least partially as a function of the power input. The planar transformer (106) includes an input winding coupled to the input stage (102) and an output winding coupled to the output stage (104). The input winding has a plurality of input turns and the output winding has a plurality of output turns. The input turns interleave the output turns.