Apple Inc.
Leakage Energy Steering for Flyback Converters

Abstract:

A leakage energy steering circuit for a flyback converter can include a leakage energy steering capacitor and a leakage energy steering diode configured to be coupled between a first output terminal and a first secondary winding terminal of a flyback converter. The leakage energy steering circuit can further include a reset circuit having an impedance element and a diode configured to be coupled between a junction of the leakage energy steering capacitor and the leakage energy steering diode and a junction of a second secondary winding terminal and a second output terminal of the flyback converter. The impedance element may be a resistor or an inductor.