Nonresonant and resonant coupled zero voltage switching converters

Two zero-voltage switching power converters with nonresonant and resonant coupling are presented. These are high-order multiple resonant converters in which the circuit modes associated with the converter operation may have different resonant frequencies. The steady-state responses of these converters are derived in terms of state-plane diagrams by using proper state variable transformations. It is shown that the converters have all the desirable features for high-frequency applications and overcome the drawback of load-range limitation of zero-voltage switching associated with the conventional class-E converter