Zero-voltage and zero-current-switching half bridge DC/DC converter

Author

Valchev, Vencislav ; Yudov, Dimitre ; Batchvarov, Jeliazko ; Van den Bossche, Alex ; Melkebeek, Jan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Tech. Univ. of Varna, Bulgaria

Volume

4

fYear

2002

fDate

13-18 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2327

Abstract

This paper introduces an improved zero-voltage and zero-current-switching half bridge (ZV-ZCS HB) DC/DC converter for medium and high-power applications. The soft switching is obtained by adding only small capacitors. The operation principle and design procedure are presented together with an analysis of the total losses in the switch. By using the proposed operation principle and design procedure zero-voltage-zero-current switching and high efficiency operation for full load range are provided. The operation and design considerations are illustrated and verified on a 6 kW prototype, which has been simulated (PSPICE) and successfully tested at 20 kHz operating frequency. The obtained efficiency is above 97% for full load. Increasing the operating frequency above 50 kHz is possible, which contributes to a decrease of the losses in the transformer and to a reduction the size and weight. The simple topology, high efficiency and low cost make the proposed converter attractive for medium and high power applications.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; SPICE; bridge circuits; circuit simulation; losses; switching circuits; transformers; 20 kHz; 6 kW; PSPICE; design procedure; full load range; high efficiency operation; operation principle; small capacitors; total losses; transformer losses reduction; zero-current-switching half bridge DC/DC converter; zero-voltage-switching half bridge DC/DC converter; Bridges; Capacitors; DC-DC power converters; Frequency; SPICE; Switches; Testing; Topology; Virtual prototyping; Zero current switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2002. 37th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7420-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2002.1042771

Filename

1042771