Not Your Grandpa’s Flyback [White Hot]

Reading recent conference papers, journal articles, and the trade press articles one would think that power electronics consisted only of dual active bridge (DAB) converters, various types of multi-level converters, and modular multi-level converters (MMC). These are all important to power electronics. DABs are very useful. They can be designed for a wide range of power, offer isolation, offer a wide range of possible conversion ratios. Their ability to process power equally well between two or more power ports makes them very useful to interface between dc power buses and batteries.