The invention relates to a resonant
hybrid flyback converter (1). The converter comprises an input
capacitor (102) and an output
capacitor (111); a high-side, HS, switch (104, Q 1 ) and a low-side, LS, switch (105, Q 2 ); a
transformer, comprising a primary winding (106, L r ; 108, L m ) and a secondary winding (109); and a rectifying circuit (110, D). The input
capacitor (102), the HS switch (104, Q 1 ) and the LS switch (105, Q 2 ) form a first circuit loop, the LS switch (105, Q 2 ), the primary winding (106, L r ; 108, L m ) and the
resonant capacitor (107, C r ) form a second circuit loop; and the rectifying circuit (110, D), the secondary winding (109) and the output capacitor (111) form a third circuit loop. The converter (1) further comprises a first sensing circuit, configured to sense a primary current (304, I HB ) through the primary winding (106, L r ; 108, L m ) and the
resonant capacitor (107, C r ); a second sensing circuit, configured to sense a secondary current (307, I SEC ) through the rectifying circuit (110, D) and the secondary winding (109); and a
control circuit (103). The
control circuit (103) is configured to determine a positive
peak value (305, I MAGpos ) for the primary current (304, I HB ) in accordance with a closed-
loop control of an average of the secondary current (307, I SEC ) and a
setpoint value (I SECref ) for said average; determine a
negative peak value (306, I MAGneg ) for the primary current (304, I HB ) in accordance with a current-limited and
voltage-limited commutation of the switches (104, Q 1 ; 105, Q 2 ); derive a blanking
signal (308) that temporally covers a non-zero secondary current (307, I SEC ) period; and drive the switches (104, Q 1 ; 105, Q 2 ) in turns in accordance with a
dead time (t dead ) for the commutation of the switches (104, Q 1 ; 105, Q 2 ), and a hysteretic control of the primary current (304, I HB ) between the positive
peak value (305, I MAGpos ) and the
negative peak value (306, I MAGneg ). The hysteretic control is inhibited by the blanking
signal (308). The use of the blanking
signal enables a hysteretic control of resonant
hybrid flyback
converters irrespective of the particular load condition.