Open AccessZero‐voltage‐switching DC/DC converter with three three‐level pulse‐width modulation circuit cells
Author(s) -
Lin BorRen,
Chung ShihKai,
Shiau TungYuan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iet power electronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.637
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1755-4543
pISSN - 1755-4535
DOI - 10.1049/iet-pel.2012.0502
Subject(s) - pulse width modulation , modulation (music) , pulse frequency modulation , voltage , forward converter , materials science , electrical engineering , pulse (music) , physics , boost converter , pulse amplitude modulation , engineering , acoustics
This study presents a new soft switching DC/DC converter with current double rectifier to achieve zero‐voltage switching for all power switches under a wide range of load condition. Three three‐level pulse‐width modulation circuit cells sharing the same power switches are adopted in the proposed converter to reduce the voltage stress of each switch at V in /2 and achieve load current sharing. Therefore the current stress and power rating of the secondary side components are reduced. The current double rectifiers are used at the secondary side to reduce the output ripple current. The sizes of the magnetic components and output filter capacitance can be reduced. The circuit analysis and design consideration of the proposed converter are discussed in detail. The proposed converter can be used in high input voltage and high load current applications. Finally, experiments based on a 1.5 kW scale‐down prototype are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed converter.