Title :
Zero voltage soft switching converter with high input voltage
Author :
Haga, Hiroyuki ; Ozu, Kiyoshi ; Kikuchi, Yoshihiko
Author_Institution :
Shindengen Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
High input voltage to a converter decreases its efficiency because turn-on loss of a main switch increases in proportion to the square of the input voltage. To decrease turn-on loss, the authors examined a zero-voltage-switched quasiresonant power converter. It causes severe voltage stress, which is about four or five times the input voltage, on a main switch. They therefore investigated a converter using partial resonance to solve these problems, and devised a new circuit. They discuss desirable coupling of each transformer winding, the relationship between efficiency and the stray capacitance of a transformer, and the results of simulation
Keywords :
power convertors; power transformers; switching circuits; transformer windings; efficiency; partial resonance; power transformers; quasiresonant power converter; soft switching; stray capacitance; transformer winding; turn-on loss; voltage stress; zero voltage switching; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; RLC circuits; Resonance; Stress; Switches; Switching converters; Windings; Zero voltage switching;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1991. INTELEC '91., 13th International
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-670-5
DOI :
10.1109/INTLEC.1991.172462