The invention relates to an N-phase
transformer assembly (1, 1'-1""") with N phases for an N-phase LLC
resonant converter, with N being a natural number greater than or equal to one. The N-phase
transformer assembly (1, 1'-1""") comprises (i) a soft-
magnetic core structure (2'-2‴‴), which soft-
magnetic core structure comprises N openings (3, 3') passing through the soft-
magnetic core structure and a closed-loop magnetic path (13) around each of the N openings (3, 3'), wherein at least one air gap (6) is present within the soft-magnetic core structure (2'-2‴‴), and (ii) N primary windings (4', 4", 4‴) and N secondary windings (5', 5", 5‴). The N primary windings and the N secondary windings correspond to a) each other in a bijective manner, to b) the N openings (3, 3') in a bijective manner and to c) the N phases in a bijective manner, wherein each primary winding of the N primary windings (4', 4", 4‴) is wound in such a way around the soft-magnetic core structure (2'-2‴‴) that it passes through the corresponding opening (3, 3'), wherein the N secondary windings (5', 5", 5‴) are not wound around the soft-magnetic core structure (2'-2‴‴) and each secondary winding of the N secondary windings (5', 5", 5‴) passes through the corresponding opening (3, 3'), wherein the corresponding primary winding and corresponding secondary winding pass through a same opening of the N openings (3, 3') and are part of a same phase of the N phases. For each phase of the N phases, (i) the corresponding primary winding is distanced from the corresponding secondary winding to provide through leakage a resonant
inductance for a resonant tank of the LLC
resonant converter, and the soft-magnetic core structure is designed to provide a magnetising
inductance for the resonant tank of the LLC
resonant converter.