Zero-voltage and zero-current-switching full bridge PWM converter for high power applications

Author

Cho, Jung G. ; Sabaté, Juan A. ; Hua, Guichao ; Lee, Fred C.

Author_Institution

Virginia Power Electron. Center, Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

20-25 Jun 1994

Firstpage

102

Abstract

A novel zero-voltage and zero-current-switching (ZVZCS) full bridge (FB) PWM converter is proposed. The new converter overcomes the limitations of the ZVS-FB-PWM converter such as high circulating energy, severe parasitic ringing on the rectifier diodes, and limited ZVS load range for lagging leg switches. By utilizing the DC blocking capacitor and adding a saturable inductor, the primary current during the freewheeling period is reduced to zero, allowing the lagging leg switches to be operated with ZCS. Meanwhile, the leading leg switches are still operated with ZVS. The new converter is attractive for high voltage, high power applications where IGBTs are predominantly used as the power switches. The principle of operation, and DC characteristics of the new converter are analyzed and verified on a 2 kW, 83 KHz experimental circuit

Keywords

bridge circuits; capacitors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power convertors; pulse width modulation; saturable core reactors; semiconductor switches; switching circuits; 2 kW; 83 kHz; DC blocking capacitor; DC characteristics; IGBT; ZCS; ZVS; freewheeling period; full bridge PWM converter; high power applications; high voltage applications; lagging leg switches; power switches; primary current; saturable inductor; zero-current-switching; zero-voltage-switching; Bridge circuits; Capacitors; Diodes; Leg; Pulse width modulation converters; Rectifiers; Switches; Switching converters; Zero current switching; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC '94 Record., 25th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1859-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1994.349743

Filename

349743