Novel zero-current-transition PWM converters

Author

Hua, Guichao ; Yang, Eric X. ; Jiang, Yimin ; Lee, Fred C.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

20-24 Jun 1993

Firstpage

538

Lastpage

544

Abstract

A new family of zero-current-transition (ZCT) pulse-width-modulated (PWM) converters are proposed. The new family of converters implements zero-current turn-off for power transistor(s) without increasing voltage/current stresses and operates at a fixed frequency. The proposed converters are deemed most suitable for high-power applications where the minority-carrier semiconductor devices (such as IGBTs, BJTs, and MCTs) are predominantly used as the power switches. Theoretical analysis is verified on a 100-kHz, 1-kW ZCT-PWM boost converter using an IGBT

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; PWM power convertors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power semiconductor switches; power transistors; switching circuits; 1 kW; 100 kHz; IGBT; PWM converters; boost converter; minority-carrier semiconductor devices; pulse-width-modulated; voltage/current stresses; zero-current-transition; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power semiconductor switches; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Resonance; Stress; Switching converters; Switching loss; Zero current switching; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1993. PESC '93 Record., 24th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1243-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1993.472073

Filename

472073