A DC power converter consisting of a series-resonant
branch used to transform a
DC voltage source into a
DC current source exhibiting, a uni-polar, zero-current-switching characteristic. Frequency of the series-resonant
branch, acting in concert with reflected load parameters, provides a
forced oscillation frequency, Fo, component to an AC
voltage source generated across the input winding of a power
transformer by the
resonant capacitor. Complex load parameters allow AC input current, displaced by 90° from the AC
voltage source, to flow in the
transformer primary winding throughout a composite, carrier-frequency cycle. Another component of the carrier-frequency consists of a resonant, natural oscillation frequency, Fn, resulting from
resonance by the AC
voltage source
capacitance with the open-circuit
inductance of the primary winding on the input power
transformer. The composite carrier-frequency, Fo+Fn, transported through the input power transformer is directed to a
rectifier / filter
assembly and applied as a
DC voltage to an output load. Thus, the uni-polar DC series-resonant
branch is converted into an
AC power transfer function, fully isolated from the input power switch, by the AC
voltage source capacitor. The
power transfer function characterizing a bi-polar
power inverter requires a single power switch referenced to the input power return
bus.