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UC3843: Question about the current waveform of the secondary rectifier of the forward power supply

Part Number: UC3843

  

As shown above, I designed a forward circuit on your main power design software.

   

The above waveform  in the above figure is the voltage and current waveform of the rectifier tube D1, red is voltage and blue is current.
The below waveform  in the above figure  is the voltage and current waveform of the freewheeling tube D2, red is the voltage and blue is the current.

  

In the first stage, the green time period, the MOS tube is turned on, the rectifier D1 flows current, and the freewheeling tube D2 is turned off;
In the second stage, during the blue time period, the primary Nd winding is reset, the rectifier D1 is turned off, and the freewheeling tube D2 is turned on.
The problem is coming:
As shown in the simulation,
In the third stage, during the orange time period, the rectifier D1 is forward-conducting, but no current flows, the free-wheeling tube D2 is turned on, and all secondary current flows through the freewheeling tube D2.
Why is the rectifier D1 turned forward in this period, and the secondary winding Ns is reset, like a wire, but D1 does not divide the secondary current with D2? But the secondary current all flows through D2?

  

I simulated it with simplis and found that during the third time period after the magnetic reset is completed, that is, the orange time period, the rectifier D1 will have a small current flowing. There is no current flowing through in your TI software simulation.

Excuse me, where does this small current come from? Is the excitation current of the secondary freewheeling current to the transformer secondary Ns?

Blue is the primary MOS tube DS voltage waveform.
Green is the current waveform of the secondary freewheel D2.
Red is the current waveform of the secondary rectifier D1.

I don't know if I understand is right?
In the third period after the magnetic reset, the orange time period. The primary winding Np and the secondary winding Ns of the transformer are similar to short-circuited coils. At this time, the current released by the secondary filter inductor mainly flows through the freewheeling tube D2, and a small part of the current flows through the transformer secondary Ns and the rectifier D1. Due to this lost current, a small voltage is generated at the secondary Ns terminal. After the freewheeling tube D2 is turned on, the voltage drop at both ends is clamped at 0.7V, so only a small voltage can be generated on the secondary Ns, and only a little current flows through the rectifier D1, because if Ns is given If the current of the D1 branch is large, the voltage drop on Ns will become larger, and D1 will not be turned on.

  • Hi zoujiangyilang,

    It doesn't seem easy, please give me a day or so to look into it. Thank you.

    Regards,
    Teng

  • Hi Teng

    I saw in a paper that the current flowing through the rectifier D1 during the third time period is the excitation current of the transformer, which is a constant small current.

    Regards,
    ZJYL
  • Hi Hi zoujiangyilang,
    Sorry for long time delay response due to my omission.
    In the third stage of the orange time period in your question, the current flowing the Ns and D1 is very small and almost negligible, in this case, the voltage of D1 is close to D2's. So it looks that the rectifier D1 is forward-conducting.
    Sorry again, and if you wanna press on this question, could you please help to create a new post. Because this post will soon expire.
    Thank you very much.
    Regards,
    Teng