A study on the comparison methods for a three-level converter

Author

Bae, Jin-Yong ; Kim, Yong ; Baek, Soo-Hyuan ; Choi, Geun-Soo ; Lee, Eun-Young ; Lee, Kyu-Hoon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Dongguk Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

2-6 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

2307

Abstract

This paper proposes a coupled inductor-based rectifier of a three-level (TL) DC/DC converter and compares the rectification methods of a TL converter. The CICDR-TL (coupled inductor current doubler rectifier three-level) converter achieves ZVS (zero voltage switching) for the switches in a wide load range. CDR (current doubler rectifier) and CICDR three-level converter have low voltage and current ripple. Advantages and disadvantages of topology compared to the rectifier of bridge, center-tap, CDR, and CICDR are discussed. Experimental estimation results obtained on a 27 V, 60 A DC/DC TL converter prototype for the 1.8 kW, 40 kHz IGBT based experimental circuit.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; bridge circuits; inductors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; rectification; rectifying circuits; switching convertors; zero voltage switching; 1.8 kW; 27 V; 40 kHz; 60 A; DC-DC converter; IGBT; ZVS; bridged center-tap rectifier; coupled inductor current doubler rectifier; low current ripple; low voltage ripple; rectification method; switch; three-level converter; zero voltage switching; Bridge circuits; Circuit topology; DC-DC power converters; Inductors; Low voltage; Prototypes; Rectifiers; Switches; Switching converters; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 2004. IECON 2004. 30th Annual Conference of IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8730-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2004.1432160

Filename

1432160