A novel full-bridge DC-DC converter for battery charging using secondary-side control combines soft switching over the full load range and low magnetics requirement

Author

Ayyanar, Rajapandian ; Mohan, Ned

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

559

Lastpage

565

Abstract

A novel full-bridge DC-DC configuration with a tapped transformer and secondary side control is proposed. It achieves zero-voltage switching for the primary side switches and zero-current switching for the secondary side switches, under all operating conditions. The conduction losses are significantly lower than those in the conventional soft-switching DC-DC converters. Due to superior filter waveforms, the filter requirements, both at the input and at the output, are significantly reduced. The features of the proposed converter are compared with those for the conventional phase-modulated full-bridge DC-DC converters. The proposed configuration is ideally suited for the AC-DC stage of high-power battery-charging applications with a power-factor-corrected preregulator. Analytical and experimental results on a 500 W/100 kHz prototype are presented

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; bridge circuits; electric current control; losses; power factor correction; switching circuits; voltage control; 100 kHz; 500 W; AC-DC stage; battery charging; conduction losses; filter waveforms; full load range; full-bridge DC-DC converter; low magnetics requirement; power-factor-corrected preregulator; primary side switches; secondary-side control; soft switching; tapped transformer; zero-current switching; zero-voltage switching; Batteries; Capacitance; DC-DC power converters; Filters; Inductance; Magnetic switching; Switches; Switching converters; Zero current switching; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/28.913722

Filename

913722