Switching control technique of phase-shift-controlled full-bridge converter to improve efficiency under light-load and standby conditions without additional auxiliary components

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1001-1012

  Chen, Bo Yuan ^a   Lai, Yen Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Full bridge converter; Phase shift full bridge converter; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM)

Indexed keywords

BURST MODE; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FULL BRIDGE CONVERTERS; INPUT VOLTAGES; LOAD CONDITION; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; PWM SWITCHING; STANDBY POWER; SWITCHING CONTROL; SWITCHING METHODS; SWITCHING MODES; TRANSITION POINT;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 77951166490     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2033069     Document Type: Article

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