United States Patent 11 Jacobson et al. [54] CLASS E POWER AMPLIFIER Boris S. Jacobson, Plaistow, NH. Raymond A. DiPerna, Sherborn, 175) Inventors: Mass [73] Assignee: Raytheon Company, Lexington, Mass. [21] Appl. Nos, 729,254 22] Filed: Jul. 12, 1991 Related U.S. Application Data [63] Continuation of Ser. No. 666,770, Mat. 8, 1991, Pat No. $065,300. {s1] Int. cs Ho2M 7/837 [2] US.c. ‘363/131; 363/16; 363/40 [58] Field of Search 363/16, 20, 21, 40, 363/131 (56) References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3.919.686 11/1975 Sokal et a. 330/51 4318164 3/1982 Onodera etal 363/21 5/1986 Sokal eta 363/21 2/1987. Raeis 363/21 4685081. 8/1987 Bowman eta 363/40 489,746 1/1990 Bowman eta 363/131 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Kazimierczuk et al., "Class E? Narrow Band Resonant DRIVE A. INPUT: ANON AU 1US0051518524, (1) Patent Number: (45]_Date of Patent: 5,151,852 Sep. 29, 1992 DC/DC Converters"; IEEE Trans. On Instru, And Measur., Dec. 1989; pp. 1064-1068, Raab; “Idealized Operation of Class E Tuned Power Amplifier”; IEEE Trans. on Crt. and Sys.; Dec. 1977; pp. 725-735. Harada et al; “Steady State Analysis of Class E Reso- nant DC/DC Converter Under Fixed Switching Fre- quency”; Apr. 1988 PESC: pp. 3-8. Mweene et al, “A I-kW S00-kHz Front-End Con- verter for a Distributed Power Supply System"; Mar. 1989 IEEE; pp. 423-432. Hu et al; “Class E Combined-Converter by Phase Shift Control"; Sep. 1989 IEEE; pp. 229-234 Primary Examiner-—Steven L. Stephan Assistant Examiner—lefirey Sterrett ‘Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Walter F. Dawson; Richard M. Sharkansky is ABSTRACT ‘A two-stage, Class E, fixed frequency, resonant, DC-to- DC power converter employing phase-shift’ control achieves outstanding performance over a full range from no load to full load. Each stage of the DC-to-DC power converter comprises # series inductor-diode net- work in parallel with a feed choke. Such network is connected between # power source input and a switch: ing transistor, and it provides a fast discharge path for a resonant capacitor and lossless turn-on of the switching transistor in each power converter stage, 6 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets “26USS. Patent Sep. 29, 1992 Sheet 1 of 7 5,151,852 4Vec uu Ce Val 8) be xe ( Nol) INPUT Q c is DRIVE ig(@) | Fig. 1 (PRIOR ART) Vo(@) oO 7 7 Brut 7 ae ist) ° i t erat 7 anU.S. Patent Sep. 29, 1992 Sheet 2 of 7 5,151,852 o w 5 = 5 INPUT ECTION B INVERTER Vs i a] RESONANT NETWORK | | FULL WAVE LRECTIFIER 14 CTIONTATIRERERTI ECTION A INVERTE! iE