Resonant power circuit, magnetic resonance imaging system, and transformer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024353510-A1
Application number	US-202418640637-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 19, 2024
Priority date	Apr 20, 2023
Publication date	Oct 24, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A resonant power circuit, a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a transformer are provided. The resonant power circuit is disposed within a scan room of a magnetic resonance imaging system, and is used for supplying power to a switch device in a radio-frequency amplifier of the magnetic resonance imaging system. The resonant power circuit includes: an inverter circuit, a resonant transformer circuit, and a rectifier circuit. The ratio of a resonant frequency is greater than 1 and less than a first threshold, a series resonant frequency being determined according to a resonant capacitor and a resonant inductor.

First claim

1 . A resonant power circuit, disposed within a scan room of a magnetic resonance imaging system, and used for supplying power to a switch device in a radio-frequency amplifier of the magnetic resonance imaging system, the resonant power circuit comprising: an inverter circuit, a resonant transformer circuit, and a rectifier circuit;
the inverter circuit being connected to the resonant transformer circuit and used for converting inputted direct current power into alternating current power to be outputted to the resonant transformer circuit; the resonant transformer circuit being used for resonantly converting and transforming the alternating current power, and then outputting the same to the rectifier circuit; and the rectifier circuit being used for rectifying alternating current output voltages outputted by the resonant transformer circuit into direct current voltages for output, so as to supply power to the switch device, wherein the resonant transformer circuit comprises a resonant capacitor and a resonant inductor, and the ratio of a switching frequency to a series resonant frequency of the resonant power circuit is greater than 1 and less than a first threshold, the series resonant frequency being determined according to the resonant capacitor and the resonant inductor.

2 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the switching frequency to the series resonant frequency and a gain value of the resonant power circuit are such that an equivalent input impedance of the resonant transformer circuit is located in an inductive region.

3 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resonant power circuit further comprises a resistor and an output capacitor that are connected in parallel to output ends of the rectifier circuit.

4 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the resonant transformer circuit further comprises an air-core transformer, and the resonant inductor is connected in series to the resonant capacitor independent of the air-core transformer, or the resonant inductor is integrated into the air-core transformer.

5 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the switching frequency to the resonant frequency is 1.06.

6 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the air-core transformer is a multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board winding transformer, and the air-core transformer comprises a primary winding and a secondary winding embedded in a multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board.

7 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the primary winding and the secondary winding are respectively embedded in different layers of the multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board.

8 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the layers in which the primary winding and the secondary winding are located are not adjacent.

9 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 7 , wherein central positions of a primary coil constituting the primary winding and a secondary coil constituting the secondary winding overlap, and the primary coil is located outside of the secondary coil and does not overlap with the secondary coil.

10 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the number of turns of the primary winding is the smallest number of turns when enabling the ratio of number of turns of the primary winding to that of the secondary winding to not change.

11 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the primary winding comprises a first coil group and a second coil group respectively embedded in different layers of the multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board, and the layer in which the secondary winding is located is located between the layers in which the first coil group and the second coil group are respectively located.

12 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the first coil group and the second coil group are respectively embedded in a top layer and a bottom layer of the multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board.

13 . The resonant power circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the secondary winding comprises at least two coil groups, the at least two coil groups not being located in three adjacent layers.

14 . A magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising:
a main magnet for generating a main magnetic field; a gradient coil assembly; a gradient amplifier for exciting the gradient coil assembly to generate a gradient magnetic field on a selected gradient axis so as to apply the gradient magnetic field to the main magnetic field; a radio-frequency coil assembly; a radio-frequency amplifier for exciting the radio-frequency coil assembly to generate a radio-frequency signal; and the resonant power circuit according to claim 1 , the resonant power circuit being disposed within a scan room of the magnetic resonance imaging system, and supplying power to a switch device in the radio-frequency amplifier.

15 . A multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board winding transformer, comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding embedded in a multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board, wherein the primary winding and the secondary winding are respectively embedded in different layers of the multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board, central positions of a primary coil constituting the primary winding and a secondary coil constituting the secondary winding overlap, and the primary coil is located outside of the secondary coil and does not overlap with the secondary coil.

16 . The transformer according to claim 15 , wherein the primary winding comprises a first coil group and a second coil group respectively embedded in different layers of the multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board, and the layer in which the secondary winding is located is located between the layers in which the first coil group and the second coil group are respectively located.

17 . The transformer according to claim 16 , wherein the first coil group and the second coil group are respectively embedded in a top layer and a bottom layer of the multilayer flexible printed circuit or printed circuit board.

18 . The transformer according to claim 15 , wherein the layers in which the primary winding and the secondary winding are located are not adjacent.

19 . The transformer according to claim 15 , wherein the number of turns of the primary winding is the smallest number of turns when enabling the ratio of number of turns of the primary winding to that of the secondary winding to not change.

20 . The transformer according to claim 15 , wherein the secondary winding comprises at least two coil groups, the at least two coil groups not being located in three adjacent layers.

21 . A magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising:
a main magnet for generating a main magnetic field; a gradient coil assembly; a gradient amplifier for exciting the gradient coil assembly to generate a gradient magnetic field on a selected gradient axis so as to apply the gradient magnetic field to the main magnetic field; a radio-frequency coil assembly; a radio-frequency amplifier for exciting the radio-frequency coil assembly to generate a radio-frequency signal; a power circuit disposed within a scan room of the magnetic resonance imaging system, and supplying power to

Assignees

• Ge Prec Healthcare Llc

Inventors

• Chen Yanan
• Sun Haiyuan
• Ma Gang
• He Tao
• Lu Sun

Classifications

• H01F27/306

  Fastening or mounting coils or windings on core, casing or other support · CPC title

• H01F27/2828

  Construction of conductive connections, of leads · CPC title

• H02M1/44

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters · CPC title

• H02M1/0058

  by employing soft switching techniques, i.e. commutation of transistors when applied voltage is zero or when current flow is zero (using an auxiliary actively switched resonant commutation circuit connected to an intermediate DC voltage or between two push-pull branches of an inverter bridge H02M7/4811; in resonant inverters H02M7/4815; in inverters operating from a resonant DC source H02M7/4826) · CPC title

• H02M3/28 Primary

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC · CPC title