An Improved Full-Bridge Zero-Voltage-Switched PWM Converter Using a Saturable Inductor

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 530-534

  Hua, Guichao ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a   Jovanović, Milan M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RESONANT CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

IMPROVED FULL BRIDGE ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHED PWM CONVERTER; SATURABLE INDUCTORS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0027678660     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: 19410107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.261024     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. O.D. Patterson, and D.M. Divan, “Pseudoresonant full-bridge dc-dc converter,” in Conf. Rec., IEEE Power Electron. Special., 1987, pp. 424–430.
2. R.A. Fisher, K.D.T. Ngo, and M.H. Kuo, “A 500 ICHz, 250 W dc-dc converter with multiple outputs controlled by phase-shifted PWM and magnetic amplifiers,” in Conf. Rec.,High Freq. Power Conversion Conf., 1988, pp.100-110.
3. L.H. Mweene, C.A. Wright, and M.F. Schlecht, “A 1 KW, 500 KHz front-end converter for a distribute power system,” in Conf. Rec., IEEE Appl. Power and Electron., 1989, pp. 423–432.
4. J.A. Sabate, V. Vlatkovic, R. Ridely, F.C. Lee, and B.H. Cho, “Design considerations for high-power full-bridge ZVS-PWM converter,” in Conf. Rec., IEEE Appl. Power Electron., 1990, pp. 275–284.
5. Z.D. Fang, D.Y. Chen, and F.C. Lee, “Designing a high frequency FET inverter module for vector summation switching high power amplifier,” Powercon 11, 1984.
6. G. Hua and F.C. Lee, “A new class of ZVS-PWM converters,” High Frequency Power Conversion Conf., pp. 244–251, 1991.
7. J.A. Sabate, V. Vlatkovic, R.B. Ridley, and F.C. Lee, “High-voltage, high power, ZVS, full-bridge PWM converter employing an active snubber,” in Conf. Rec., IEEE Appl. Power Electron., 1991, pp. 158–163.
8. I. Barbi, D.C. Martins, and R. Prado, “Effects of nonlinear resonant inductor on the behavior of ZVS quasi-resonant converters,” in Conf. Rec., IEEE Power Electron. Special., 1990, pp. 522–527.