Active Clamp Transformer Reset: High or Low Side?

Focus:

Whether to apply the active clamp transformer transformer reset technique to high side or low side influences requirements for clamp capacitor and gate drive circuitry.

What you’ll learn:

• How to determine where to apply active clamp transformer reset technique
• How to design gate drive circuitry for active clamp
• How to select clamp capacitor for active clamp

View the Source

Author & Publication:

Steve Mappus, Senior Power Applications Specialist, Texas Instruments, System Power Management, Manchester, NH, Power Electronics Technology, Jul 01 2004

This article summary appears
in the HOW2POWER Design Guide.

The Design Guide offers
organized access to
hundreds of articles
on dozens of power conversion
and power management topics.

The Design Guide search results
include exclusive summaries
and accurate "how to" analysis
to help you make faster,
more informed decisions.

Search
for more articles