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A power converter includes primary and secondary bridges, a transformer, and a controller configured to generate a switching mode map that correlates each of a plurality of switching modes to a respective set of value ranges of system parameters of the power converter. The sets of system parameter v

A power converter includes primary and secondary bridges, a transformer, and a controller configured to generate a switching mode map that correlates each of a plurality of switching modes to a respective set of value ranges of system parameters of the power converter. The sets of system parameter value ranges are contiguous and non-overlapping across the switching mode map, each of the plurality of switching modes includes gate trigger voltage timings for commuting at least one of the primary and secondary bridges. The controller is configured to obtain a plurality of measured system parameter values, select from the switching mode map one of the plurality of switching modes that correlates to the set of system parameter values containing the plurality of measured system parameter values, and adjust gate trigger voltage timings of at least one of the primary and secondary bridges, according to the selected switching mode.

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1. A power converter comprising: a primary bridge and a secondary bridge;a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary bridge being directly connected to the primary side of the transformer without intervening components and the secondary bridge being directly connected to th

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A power converter comprising: a primary bridge and a secondary bridge;a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary bridge being directly connected to the primary side of the transformer without intervening components and the secondary bridge being directly connected to the secondary side of the transformer without intervening components; anda controller configured to generate a switching mode map that correlates each of a plurality of switching modes to a respective set of value ranges of system parameters of the power converter, the sets of system parameter value ranges being contiguous and non-overlapping across the switching mode map, each of the plurality of switching modes including a respective set of gate trigger voltage timings for commuting the primary bridge and the secondary bridge, wherein the plurality of switching modes comprises a single-phase shift mode, a trapezoidal triple phase shift mode, a trapezoidal dual phase shift mode, and a triangular mode,the controller further configured to: determine a target power transfer based on a target DC voltage of the secondary bridge and a target current of the secondary bridge;select from the switching mode map a first switching mode of the plurality of switching modes that correlates to the set of system parameter value ranges containing a measured DC voltage of the primary bridge and the target power transfer;adjust gate trigger voltage timings of the primary bridge and the secondary bridge based on the first switching mode, to transfer power between the primary bridge and the secondary bridge across the transformer;determine a change in at least one of the measured DC voltage of the primary bridge or a measured DC voltage of the secondary bridge;select, in hard real time, a different, second one of any of the other plurality of switching modes from the switching mode map responsive to the change that is determined; andadjust the gate trigger voltage timings of the primary bridge and the secondary bridge based on the second switching mode;wherein two or more of the plurality of switching modes are compatible switching modes, wherein the compatible switching modes that are mutually contiguous have their respective sets of trigger voltage timing equations defined to produce mutually compatible waveforms of transformer winding voltages at boundaries of the mutually contiguous switching modes;and wherein the controller is further configured, responsive to the first switching mode and the second switching mode not being compatible switching modes, to time transitions between the first switching mode and the second switching mode so that gate trigger voltages of the first switching mode and the second switching mode are at least one of removed or applied at zero-current conditions. 2. A power converter comprising: a primary bridge and a secondary bridge;a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, the primary bridge being directly connected to the primary side of the transformer without intervening components and the secondary bridge being directly connected to the secondary side of the transformer without intervening components; anda controller configured to generate a switching mode map that correlates each of a plurality of switching modes to a respective set of value ranges of system parameters of the power converter, the sets of system parameter value ranges being contiguous and non-overlapping across the switching mode map, each of the plurality of switching modes including a respective set of gate trigger voltage timings for commuting the primary bridge and the secondary bridge, wherein the plurality of switching modes comprises a single-phase shift mode, a trapezoidal triple phase shift mode, a trapezoidal dual phase shift mode, and a triangular mode,the controller further configured to: obtain one or more measured system parameter values;select from the switching mode map a first switching mode of the plurality of switching modes that correlates to the set of system parameter value ranges containing the one or more measured system parameter values;adjust gate trigger voltage timings of the primary bridge and the secondary bridge based on the first switching mode, to transfer power between the primary bridge and the secondary bridge across the transformer;determine a change in the one or more measured system parameter values;select, in hard real time, a different, second one of any of the other plurality of switching modes from the switching mode map responsive to the change that is determined; andadjust the gate trigger voltage timings of the primary bridge and the secondary bridge based on the second switching mode;wherein two or more of the plurality of switching modes are compatible switching modes, wherein the compatible switching modes that are mutually contiguous have their respective sets of trigger voltage timing equations defined to produce mutually compatible waveforms of transformer winding voltages at boundaries of the mutually contiguous switching modes;and wherein the controller is further configured, responsive to the first switching mode and the second switching mode not being compatible switching modes, to time transitions between the first switching mode and the second switching mode so that gate trigger voltages of the first switching mode and the second switching mode are at least one of removed or applied at zero-current conditions. 3. A power converter comprising: a primary bridge and a secondary bridge;a transformer interconnecting the primary bridge and the secondary bridge; anda controller configured to generate a switching mode map that respectively correlates plural switching modes to plural sets of value ranges of system parameters of the power converter, each of the plurality of switching modes including a respective set of gate trigger voltage timings for controlling the primary bridge and the secondary bridge, wherein the plurality of switching modes comprises a single-phase shift mode, a trapezoidal triple phase shift mode, a trapezoidal dual phase shift mode, and a triangular mode,the controller further configured to: obtain one or more measured system parameter values;select from the switching mode map a first switching mode of the plurality of switching modes based on the measured system parameter values;control the primary bridge and the secondary bridge based on the first switching mode, to transfer power between the primary bridge and the secondary bridge across the transformer;determine changes in the one or more measured system parameter values;responsive to each time the changes fall into a different set of the sets of system parameter value ranges, select, in real hard time, a different switching mode of the plurality of switching modes that correlates to the different set; andcontrol the primary bridge and the secondary bridge based on the different switching mode;wherein two or more of the plurality of switching modes are compatible across contiguous boundaries;and wherein the controller is further configured, responsive to any two of the switching modes that are successively selected not being compatible, to time transitions between the two successively selected switching modes so that gate trigger voltages of the two successively selected switching modes are at least one of removed or applied at zero-current conditions. 4. The power converter of claim 3, wherein the sets of system parameter value ranges are contiguous and non-overlapping across the switching mode map.