An improved family of ZVS-PWM active-clamping DC-to-DC converters

Author

Duarte, Cláudio Manoel C ; Barbi, Ivo

Author_Institution

Catholic Univ. of Pelotas, Brazil

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

A new family of DC-to-DC converters featuring clamping action, PWM modulation and soft-switching (ZVS) in both active and passive switches, is proposed to overcome the limitations of clamped mode DC-to-DC converters. The new family of converters is generated and the new circuits are presented. As the resonant circuits absorb all parasitic reactances, including transistor output capacitance and diode junction capacitance, these converters are suitable for high-frequency operation. Principle of operation of the boost converter, theoretical analysis, simulation and experimental results are presented, taken from a laboratory prototype rated at 1600 W, input voltage of 300 V, output voltage of 400 V, and operating at 100 kHz. The measured efficiency at full load was 98%

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; PWM power convertors; power semiconductor switches; power transistors; resonant power convertors; switching circuits; 100 kHz; 1600 W; 300 V; 400 V; 98 percent; PWM modulation; ZVS PWM DC-to-DC converter family; boost converter; clamping action; diode junction capacitance; high-frequency operation; parasitic reactances absorption; resonant circuits; soft-switching; transistor output capacitance; Clamps; DC-DC power converters; Diodes; Parasitic capacitance; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; RLC circuits; Switches; Switching converters; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/63.988661

Filename

988661