Electronic Design

Hybrid-Switching Step-down Converter with Hybrid Transformer

A new type of DC-DC converter based on Hybrid-switching Method™ and a novel Hybrid Transformer™ enables a high step-down voltage conversion and provides a regulated output voltage of 1V from a 48V ...
Electronic Design

Active Clamp Resets Transformer in Converters

For a PDF version of this article, click here. Power converters based on the forward topology offer high efficiency and good power-handling capability in applications up to several hundred watts. The ...
T&D

Siemens Successfully Completes Testing of the World’s First 800-kV Converter Transformer

Following successful final acceptance testing at the Siemens transformer factory in Nuremberg, the world’s first 800-kV transformer for extra-high-voltage DC transmission systems HVDC is ready for ...
EDN

Gate Drive Transformers vs. Fully Integrated Isolators in Isolated DC-DC Power Converters

All isolated DC-DC power converters include an input filter, output filter, transformer, primary-side switch(s), secondary-side rectification and a controller. The controller can be referenced to ...
T&D

Siemens Overhauls 15 Converter Transformers at HVDC Link in Mozambique

Siemens überholt 15 Stromrichtertrafos der HGÜ-Verbindung Cahora Bassa in Mosambik / Siemens overhauls 15 converter transformers at Cahora Bassa HVDC link in Mozambique Siemens is modernizing 15 ...