A Factorized Power Architecture ("FPA") includes a power regulator providing
controlled
DC bus voltages distributed and converted to load voltages, at the load, using
DC voltage transformation modules ("VTMs") having fixed transformation ratios.
Optional feedback from the load improves regulation. A Sine Amplitude Converter
("SAC") VTM locks the conversion frequency to resonance of a resonant circuit including
a transformer, uses complementary primary switches, balanced switching, and a high
conversion duty cycle, and may use primary ZVS and secondary ZVS and ZCS, low Q,
and a low profile core structure, and may exhibit greater than 400 Watts/cubic-inch
power density and 95% efficiency. Common-source gate-control topologies efficiently
drive switches higher than 1 MHz. Symmetrical power trains reduce common-mode noise.
Modulated converter output resistance controls Vout, limits Iout,
or improves current sharing. Gate drive circuitry recycles energy from the transformer
magnetizing inductance. A DC-DC converter includes a non-isolated converter followed
by a SAC.