An improved full bridge zero-voltage switching PWM DC-DC converter using a two inductor rectifier

Author

Kutkut, Nasser H. ; Divan, Deepak M. ; Gascoigne, Randal W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

2-8 Oct 1993

Firstpage

1065

Abstract

An improved full bridge ZVS (zero-voltage switching) PWM (pulse-width-modulated) converter using a two inductor rectifier DC/DC power converter is presented. For this improved topology the main devices are switched on under ZVS conditions using the energy stored in the secondary filter inductors. It utilizes the low leakage inductance of a coaxial winding transformer to reset the currents in the rectifier diodes and eliminate the secondary voltage spike. The two-inductor rectifier has only one diode conduction drop in addition to frequency doubling in the output capacitor. The secondary-filter size in the proposed topology is rather small. The advantages of the new topology include a wide range with ZVS, no lost duty cycle due to diode recovery, no secondary voltage spikes, and to high power density and high efficiency

Keywords

bridge circuits; filters; power convertors; power inductors; power transformers; pulse width modulation; rectifying circuits; switching circuits; transformer windings; PWM; ZVS; coaxial winding transformer; conduction drop; duty cycle; efficiency; energy storage; frequency doubling; full bridge; leakage inductance; power density; secondary filter inductors; topology; two inductor rectifier DC/DC power converter; Bridge circuits; DC-DC power converters; Diodes; Inductors; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Rectifiers; Switching converters; Topology; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1993., Conference Record of the 1993 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1462-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1993.299030

Filename

299030