SLUSDK4E may 2020 – july 2023 UCC28782
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There are two resonant approaches for an active clamp flyback (ACF) converter, primary resonance and secondary resonance, which affect the design guidance on the clamp capacitor (CCLAMP). Referring to Figure 9-1, if CO1 serves as the main energy-storage capacitor at the output with large capacitance and CO2 is a smaller high-frequency decoupling capacitor, leakage inductance of transformer (LK) mainly resonates with CCLAMP during the demagnetization time of LM. This configuration is called the primary-resonance ACF converter. On the other hand, if CO2 serves as the main energy-storage capacitor at the output with larger capacitance and CO1 is much smaller than the equivalent capacitance of CCLAMP reflected to the secondary side (CCLAMP*NPS2), LK mainly resonates with CO1. This configuration is called the secondary-resonance ACF converter.