Comparison of single-ended-parallel MRC and forward MRC

Author

Farrington, Richard ; Jovanovic, Milan M. ; Lee, Fred C.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

1992

fDate

23-27 Feb 1992

Firstpage

203

Lastpage

210

Abstract

The forward zero voltage switched (ZVS) multiresonant power converter (MRC) and the class-E derived single ended parallel (SEP) MRC are compared on the basis of their relative current and voltage stresses, and efficiency for 50 W on-board power applications. The comparison is performed using SABER large-signal simulations with experimental verification of the results. It is found that the forward ZVS-MRC operates with lower current and voltage stresses under full load conditions, whereas the SEP-MRC operates with lower current and voltage stresses under light load conditions. As a result, the full-load efficiency of the forward ZVS-MRC is higher than that of the SEP-MRC, but the efficiency of the SEP-MRC is less dependent on load variations

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; load (electric); power convertors; software packages; switching circuits; 50 W; SABER; ZVS; circuit analysis computing; current stresses; efficiency; load; multiresonant power converter; single ended parallel; software packages; voltage stresses; zero voltage switching; Capacitors; Circuit topology; MOSFETs; Power supplies; Power transformers; Rectifiers; Resonance; Stress; Switches; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1992. APEC '92. Conference Proceedings 1992., Seventh Annual

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0485-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.1992.228410

Filename

228410