A review of soft-switched DC-AC converters

Author

Wu, T.S. ; Bellar, M.D. ; Tchamdjou, A. ; Mahdavi, J. ; Ehsani, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

6-10 Oct 1996

Firstpage

1133

Abstract

Soft-switching techniques have been applied in the design of DC-AC converters in order to achieve better performance, higher efficiency, and higher power density. However, the work that has been done in this field is not widely known. In this paper a systematic overview and generic classification of the soft-switching DC-AC converters is presented. Their operating principles, performance evaluation, and design limitations are discussed. Some possible industrial applications of soft-switched DC-AC converters are addressed

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; PWM power convertors; resonant power convertors; switching circuits; PWM DC-AC converters; higher efficiency; higher power density; load resonant DC-AC converters; operating principles; performance evaluation; quasi-resonant DC-AC converters; resonant link DC-AC converters; resonant transition DC-AC converters; soft-switched DC-AC converters; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; Electromagnetic interference; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Resonance; Student members; Switches; Switching converters; Switching loss; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1996. Thirty-First IAS Annual Meeting, IAS '96., Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3544-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1996.560222

Filename

560222