Performance characteristics of the full-bridge zero voltage switching PWM resonant converter

Author

Lee, C.Q. ; Sooksatra, Somboon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

Volume

38

Issue

6

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

462

Lastpage

468

Abstract

The authors present the exact analysis of the full-bridge zero voltage switching (ZVS) pulse width modulated (PWM) converter by using the state-plane technique. Based on the analysis, they derive the necessary conditions for ZVS operation and the performance characteristics of the converter in terms of characteristic curves from which the converter design procedure can be formulated. The performances of the converter operating outside the limits of ZVS operation, including the switching loss and the attainable efficiency under different load conditions, are also given. The analytical work is confirmed by experimental results

Keywords

bridge circuits; losses; nonlinear network analysis; power convertors; pulse width modulation; switching circuits; DC-DC convertor; efficiency; full-bridge zero voltage switching PWM resonant converter; performance characteristics; state-plane technique; switching loss; Capacitors; Inductors; Parasitic capacitance; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; RLC circuits; Resonance; Switching converters; Switching loss; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.107102

Filename

107102