Flyback Converter: Working & Construction

  • Thread starter Thread starter smruti
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Converter
AI Thread Summary
A flyback converter operates by converting a DC input into a square wave, allowing transformer action to occur despite the initial DC supply. The primary winding is energized by a transistor that switches on and off, generating an alternating waveform that can be transferred to the secondary winding. This process prevents overheating and damage to the transformer, which typically occurs with direct DC input. The construction of the flyback transformer is designed to handle these switching operations efficiently. Understanding the switching waveforms is crucial for grasping how flyback converters function in DC applications.
smruti
Messages
20
Reaction score
0
we know that when we give dc supply to a transformer then transformer action doesn't takes place and the primary winding of a transformer gets burnt even when small dc is injected..but how the transformer used in flyback converter works in dc?? what about its construction?
 
Engineering news on Phys.org
A flyback converter (like any DC to DC switching converter) will take a DC input and first "chop" it into a square wave, making it an alternating waveform that can then be passed to the secondary of the transformer.
 
  • Like
Likes berkeman
smruti said:
we know that when we give dc supply to a transformer then transformer action doesn't takes place and the primary winding of a transformer gets burnt even when small dc is injected..but how the transformer used in flyback converter works in dc?? what about its construction?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supply

:smile:
 
PMASwork said:
A flyback converter (like any DC to DC switching converter) will take a DC input and first "chop" it into a square wave, making it an alternating waveform that can then be passed to the secondary of the transformer.
but the primary winding is supplied with dc...how it will work on dc??
 
smruti said:
but the primary winding is supplied with dc...how it will work on dc??

You didn't read the wikipedia link, did you... :smile:

Have a look at the switching waveforms for a simple DC-DC converter. The waveforms are similar for a flyback converter with a transformer...

The DC input is chopped by turning on and off a transistor, which in turn presents an AC waveform to the inductor or transformer.

http://www.maximintegrated.com/en/images/appnotes/4266/4266Fig02.gif
4266Fig02.gif
 
thank you..:)
smruti said:
but the primary winding is supplied with dc...how it will work on dc??
 
Here is a good reference for SMPS - TI Topologies
 
Last edited:
Back
Top