An improved soft-switching FWM FB DC/DC converter for reducing conduction losses

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 258-264

  Kim, Eun Soo ^b   Joe, Kee Yeon ^b   Kye, Moon Ho ^b   Kim, Yoon Ho ^a,c   Yoon, Byung Do ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Circulating current; Conduction losses; Soft switching full bridge dc dc converter; Zero voltage zero current switching

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

CIRCULATING CURRENT; CONDUCTION LOSSES; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (IGBT); SOFT-SWITCHING FULL-BRIDGE DIRECT CURRENT/DIRECT CURRENT CONVERTERS; ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING (ZVS);

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0033096713     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.750178     Document Type: Article

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