DESIGN OF A FLYBACK CONVERTER FOR

IMPROVED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND

REDUCED NO-LOAD POWER LOSS.
Sachin George Thomas
Applied Electronics and Instrumentation
College of Engineering Trivandrum
Guided By :

Ms. Chandini G.S.

October 30, 2015

Overview

Introduction
Motivation
Problem Definition
Methodology
References

Introduction

Most of the portable products in our lives are powered by d.c

voltage and ac-dc adapters are used for conversion from the
ac voltage to the required dc voltage.

The ac-dc adapter is composed of a rectifier, a dc bus

capacitor and a dc-dc converter.

The dc-dc converter can be of the isolated type which

includes flyback converters and forward converters or the
non-isolated type .

Introduction

The flyback convertor which comes under the category of

isolated converter is of particular interest in this work.

Motivation

Compared to the flyback converters , the forward converters

requires a reset winding , an output inductor and a free
wheeling diode which causes larger volume and more cost.

Even the conventional flyback converters suffers from low

conversion efficiency and high no-load power loss.

MOTIVATION

Furthermore , the parasitic capacitance of the transformer

between the primary and secondary windings needs to be
reduced inorder to keep the common voltage under control.

Problem Definition

Requirement for a flyback converter with improved conversion

efficiency, reduced no-load power loss , and a power factor
correction circuitry.

Methodology

Design of the lossless snubber circuit for suppressing the

voltage spikes

fig : Flyback convertor with RCD snubber

Methodology

Design of the energy recovery winding to recycle the energy

discharged from the gate -source capacitor of the main switch.

Check for the feasibility of a Power Factor Correction (PFC)

circuitry and if possible integrating the same.

Integration of all the circuits .The simulation can be carried

out in SIMULINK/SIMPLIS.

WORK PLAN

References

Ray-Lee Lin and Shih-Ho Hsu , Design and

Implementation of Self-Oscillating Flyback Converter
With Efficiency Enhancement Mechanisms IEEE
Transactons on Industrial Electronics,Volume 62,Issue
11,pages 6964-6955,November 2015

J.Y.Guo, Design and implementation of forward-flyback

converter with feed forward mechanism for mobile
phoneM.S thesis,National Cheng Kung University,May 2013

Hao Ma , Yue Ji and Ye Xu, Design and Analysis of

Single-Stage Power Factor Correction Converter With a
Feedback Winding IEEE Transactons on Power
Electronics,Volume 25,Issue 6,pages 1460-1471,June 2010

The End