A novel full-bridge zero-voltage-transition PWM DC/DC converter with zero-voltage/zero-current switching of the auxiliary switches

Author

Lee, Dong-Yun ; Lee, Byoung-kuk ; Hyun, Dong-seok

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

17-22 May 1998

Firstpage

961

Abstract

In this paper, a novel full-bridge (FB) zero-voltage-transition (ZVT) PWM DC/DC converter topology is proposed. The proposed FB-ZVT PWM DC/DC converter has ZVS of main switches for wide load and line ranges and an advantage of achieving zero voltage and zero current switching of the auxiliary switches using the auxiliary network. The auxiliary network is simply composed of saturable inductor, auxiliary capacitors and auxiliary diodes. With the help of the proposed auxiliary network, the improved FB-ZVT PWM DC/DC converter has so much improved characteristics with respect to the overall system efficiency. The operation principles are explained in detail and the several interesting simulation and experimental results verify the validity of the proposed circuit from a 83 kHz, 1 kW prototype converter using IGBTs

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; PWM power convertors; bridge circuits; capacitors; inductors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power semiconductor diodes; power semiconductor switches; switching circuits; 1 kW; 83 kHz; IGBT; ZCS; ZVS; ZVT; auxiliary capacitors; auxiliary diodes; auxiliary network; auxiliary switches; full-bridge zero-voltage-transition PWM DC/DC converter; operation principles; saturable inductor; zero-current switching; zero-voltage switching; DC-DC power converters; Diodes; Inductors; Network topology; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Switched capacitor networks; Switches; Zero current switching; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1998. PESC 98 Record. 29th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Fukuoka

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4489-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1998.703119

Filename

703119