1.

In an inductor, most of the energy (Li2/2) is stored in

Ans: (a) the permeance of the core (x)

2. A forward converter with a 5V output, supplies a 20W load. The duty

cycle of the switch is 0.4. If the efficiency of the converter is 100%,
then what would be the amplitude of the "equivalent flat-top" current
through the switch if the input voltage is 50V? (Neglect on-state voltage
drop of the devices)
Ans: (a)1(x)

3. A forward converter operated from 20V supply has a transformer with a

mutual inductance of 20mH. The switching frequency of the forward converter
is 25kHz. What is the maximum peak value of the magnetising current?
Ans: (b) 0.5A (x)

4. In a forward converter circuit, the value of inductance is 1mH,

capacitance is 100uF, Ro is 100 ohms. The converter is switching at 25kHz
and 50% duty ratio. The input is set at 50V. The transformer has a
secondary to primary turns ratio of 0.2. what is the expected peak to peak
inductor current ripple?
Ans: (c) 0.1A (x)

5. In a flyback converter, the switching frequency is 50kHz. The converter

is operating at a duty ratio of 67%. The input voltage is 12V and the
output voltage is 48V. The load current is 1A. What is the turns ratio?
Ans: (c) 2 (x)

6. In a forward converter supplying a 10V load from a 100V unregulated

source, a bifilar wound demagnetising winding is used to reset the core
flux. If the leakage inductance as seen from the primary is negligible,
then what is the voltage stress on the primary switch?
Ans: (b) 200V (x)

7. A forward converter operates from an input voltage of 100V and supplies

a 50W load. The power semiconductor switch is operating at 20kHz, 50% duty
cycle. The magnetising inductance of the forward converter transformer is
5mH. A diode and a resistor are used across the primary winding for free
wheeling action. The resistor in the free wheeling circuit has a value of
100 ohms. Find the power dissipation in the free wheeling resistor.
Ans: (a) 12.5W (x)

8. In a flyback converter, the switching frequency is 20kHz. The converter

is operating at a duty ratio of 50%. The input voltage is 15V and the
output voltage is 30V. The load current is 1A. What should be the voltage
with-standing capacity of the primary side switch?
Ans: (c) 30V (x)

9. In a forward converter, the switching frequency is 100kHz and the

converter is operating at 25% duty cycle. The input supply is at 24V and
the output is at 48V supplying a 48 ohms load. What is the average current
drawn from the supply?
Ans: (a) 2A (x)

10. A forward converter is designed to operate from a 24Vdc supply. It is

designed to operate at a switching frequency of 20KHz and supply an output
load of 1A at 5V. To this forward converter, a user wrongly applies 12V and
a switching frequency of 10KHz. The applied load is 0.5A at 5V.

Ans: d. The above converter will work properly (X)