(19)
(11) EP 3 413 450 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 2 (W2 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
06.03.2019 Bulletin 2019/10

(43) Date of publication:
12.12.2018 Bulletin 2018/50

(21) Application number: 18174257.8

(22) Date of filing: 25.05.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H02M 3/337(2006.01)
H02H 9/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 05.06.2017 IT 201700060981

(71) Applicants:
  • OSRAM GmbH
    80807 München (DE)
  • OSRAM S.P.A. - SOCIETA' RIUNITE OSRAM EDISON CLERICI
    20126 Milano (IT)

    IT 

(72) Inventor:
  • ANGELIN, Francesco
    I-31021 Mogliano Veneto (Treviso) (IT)

(74) Representative: Bosotti, Luciano 
Buzzi, Notaro & Antonielli d'Oulx Corso Vittorio Emanuele ll, 6
10123 Torino
10123 Torino (IT)

   


(54) CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND CORRESPONDING METHOD


(57) A converter circuit, for example, for powering lighting devices, comprising:
- a supply node (+V) and an output node (+Out) of the converter circuit,
- a half-bridge arrangement coupled to the supply node (+V) and including a pair of electronic switches (MOS1, MOS2) alternatively switchable between conductive and non-conductive states with a drive node (A) therebetween,
- a transformer (T) with a primary winding (Wp1) driven by the drive node (A) and a secondary winding including two portions (Ws1, Ws2) with a center tap node (B) coupled to the output node (+Out) of the converter circuit,
- an inductive component (10) including two magnetically coupled winding halves (Li1, Li2) with a respective center tap node (C), the inductive component (10) being coupled to the ends of the secondary winding of the transformer with the respective center tap node (C) coupled to the output node (+Out) of the converter circuit.