Influence of diode reverse recovery on the operation and design of high-frequency rectifiers

Author

Karadzinov, Lupco V. ; Hamill, David C.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., St. Cyril & Methodius Univ., Skopje, Macedonia

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

15-19 Feb 1998

Firstpage

447

Abstract

Diode reverse recovery can cause anomalies in high-frequency rectifier operation, including self-sustaining quasiperiodic oscillations. The output voltage can increase considerably beyond that predicted by the usual analysis. This nonlinear effect is analysed using a recently developed piecewise-linear diode model. The theoretical results are confirmed by experiments. Design guidelines are presented to avoid overvoltage and instability in practical power converters

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; circuit oscillations; piecewise-linear techniques; power semiconductor diodes; power semiconductor switches; rectifying circuits; semiconductor device models; design guidelines; diode reverse recovery; high-frequency rectifiers; instability; nonlinear effect; output voltage; overvoltage; piecewise-linear diode model; self-sustaining quasiperiodic oscillations; Bridge circuits; DH-HEMTs; Equations; Rectifiers; Resonant frequency; Semiconductor diodes; Switches; Switching converters; Switching frequency; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1998. APEC '98. Conference Proceedings 1998., Thirteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4340-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.1998.647728

Filename

647728