Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transformer assembly
- Patent Title (中): 变压器总成
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Application No.: US12678051Application Date: 2008-09-12
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Publication No.: US08212644B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: George Young , Brian Gaynor , Andrew B. Keogh
- Applicant: George Young , Brian Gaynor , Andrew B. Keogh
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: Texas Instruments (Cork) Limited
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments (Cork) Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agent William B. Kempler; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Priority: IES2007/0647 20070912
- International Application: PCT/EP2008/062205 WO 20080912
- International Announcement: WO2009/034179 WO 20090319
- Main IPC: H01F5/00
- IPC: H01F5/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a transformer assembly (1) and a process for manufacturing same. The transformer (1) comprises a primary winding (5) wound on a PCB (9) and a secondary winding (7) mounted adjacent to the primary winding. The primary winding comprises a spiral coil, for example of wire or insulated wire, wound on the PCB. Gate drive windings (31, 33) are incorporated in the PCB (9) and there is therefore very close coupling between the primary winding and the gate drive windings. Furthermore, the secondary winding (7) is a center-tapped secondary having two halves. A flux balance winding (13) is provided to connect the two halves of the center-tapped secondary winding (7) and minimize leakage inductance thereby reducing power loss and spiking effects and obviating the need for complex control arrangements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110018676A1 TRANSFORMER ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2011-01-27
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