Method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a constant voltage, high
frequency sinusoidal output across a varying load, using either a single or multiple
switch topology operating at constant frequency while maintaining high efficiency
over the entire load range. This embodiment is especially suited to applications
which require the sinusoidal voltage be held very close to a desired value in the
presence of rapid changes in the conductance of the load, even in the sub-microsecond
time domain as is common in computer applications and the like and in powering
electronics equipment, especially a distributed system and especially a system
wherein low voltage at high current is required. Embodiments and sub elements provide
energy storage for low voltage, high current electronic loads, an ability to supply
current with rapid time variation, connection of the energy storage element to
the electronic load through specially configured conductors designed to minimize
the created magnetic field around said conductors, providing extremely low inductance
connections, permitting larger energy storage elements to be utilized, permitting
energy storage to be located relatively remotely from the powered electronic load,
and a steady voltage from a transformer isolated, high frequency ac to dc converter
under varying load without the necessity for feedback control, among other aspects.
The addition of capacitors which interact with the leakage inductance of the transformer
to produce a natural regulation condition is used and the relationship between
the value of the leakage inductance of the transformer and that of the added capacitances
is different from the condition of resonance at the operating frequency.