A novel pulse width control scheme for fixed-frequency zero-voltage-switching DC-to-DC PWM bridge converter

Author

Hamdad, F.S. ; Bhat, A.K.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

36373

Firstpage

263

Abstract

A new gating pulse scheme is proposed for the control of DC-to-DC pulse width modulated (PWM) bridge power converter that provides zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) for all the switches for a wide variation in load and input voltage. This new complimentary fixed-edge gating control scheme is compared to the traditional phase-shift control scheme. Modes of operation are presented and analyzed. Based on the analysis, a design procedure and design curves are obtained. An optimum design is given and a design example is presented. Results obtained from SPICE simulation for the converter designed are given to verify the performance of the proposed converter for varying load as well as line voltage. Detailed results obtained from an experimental converter are given to verify the advantages of the proposed gating scheme

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; PWM power convertors; SPICE; bridge circuits; circuit simulation; load (electric); switching circuits; SPICE simulation; design curves; design procedure; fixed-frequency ZVS DC-to-DC PWM bridge power converter; gating pulse scheme; operation modes; optimum design; pulse width control scheme; varying line voltage; varying load; Bridge circuits; DC-DC power converters; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; SPICE; Space vector pulse width modulation; Switches; Switching converters; Voltage control; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1999. PESC 99. 30th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5421-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1999.789013

Filename

789013