Resonant converters with variable inductor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9979273
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15159159

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Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses for a ZVT ZCT resonant converter with a variable resonant tank are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a system comprising a bidirectional resonant converter comprising an input/output terminal, a switching device coupled with the input/output terminal, a resonant circuit coupled with the switching device and including a variable inductor, an output/input terminal coupled with the resonant circuit, and a DC biasing circuit operatively coupled with the variable inductor. The variable inductor comprises a toroidal core, a first winding wound around the toroidal core and coupled with the switching device and the output/input terminal, a second core structured to overlap a portion of the toroidal core, and a second winding wound around the second core and coupled with the DC biasing circuit. The DC biasing circuit is controllable to vary the inductance of the variable inductor by saturating a portion of the toroidal core.

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ABB SCHWEIZ AGBROWN BOVERI STRASSE 6 BADEN 5400

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Kittila, Jukka-Pekka Helsinki, FI 2 23
Liang, Jiaqi Cary, US 34 146
Ouyang, Wen Apex, US 19 96
Suryanarayana, Harish Raleigh, US 14 43

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