Switch mode power supply using a saturable inductor to provide a pulsed current source

摘要

A switch mode power supply comprises at least one bridge arm including two switching cells in series receiving a direct current voltage to be switched. Each switching cell includes a switching arrangement in parallel with a capacitor and a protection diode. The switching arrangement is alternately closed and opened to supply an alternating current voltage at a switching frequency applied to a load one terminal of which is connected to the common point of the switching cells. A pulsed current source including a saturable inductor is connected to the common point. The saturable inductor is provided by a device including a primary circuit with two windings and a secondary circuit including a single winding to which a direct current source is connected. The windings are wound on a magnetic core and the windings of the primary circuit are connected in parallel and wound in opposite directions. A capacitor is connected in series with the saturable inductor.