Soft-switching DC-DC converter with parallel-connected full-wave rectifiers

A soft-switching converter with parallel-connected full-wave rectifiers is presented. In the proposed converter, the primary windings of two transformers are connected in series. Two full-wave rectifiers with ripple current cancellation are connected in parallel at the output side to reduce the current stress of the secondary winding of the transformer. The clamp circuit, based on an auxiliary switch and a clamp capacitor, is connected in parallel with the primary side of the transformer to recycle the energy stored in the leakage inductance. The leakage inductance of transformers, the magnetising inductance and the clamp capacitance are resonant to achieve zero-voltage switching (ZVS) of the auxiliary switch. The resonance between the leakage inductance of the transformer and the output capacitance of the switch will achieve ZVS operation for the main switch in the proposed converter. The pulse-width modulation technique is adopted to regulate the output voltage. The operation principle and system analysis of the proposed converter are provided. Some experimental results for a 200 W (5V/40 A) prototype are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed converter.