Analysis and design considerations of a load and line independent zero voltage switching full bridge DC/DC converter topology

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 649-657

  Jain, Praveen K ^a,b   Kang, Wen ^a,c   Soin, Harry ^a,d   Xi, Youhao ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d Astec Advanced Power Supplies   (Canada)

^e EMS Technologies Canada Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

DC DC converter; Full bridge converter; Soft switching; Zero voltage switching

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRICAL AUXILIARY CIRCUIT; DC-DC CONVERTER; FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; STEADY STATE ANALYSIS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; MOSFET DEVICES; NETWORK COMPONENTS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0036708878     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2002.802181     Document Type: Article

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