Zero-voltage-switching PWM full-bridge converter employing auxiliary transformer to reset the clamping diode current

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1149-1162

  Chen, Wu ^a   Ruan, Xinbo ^b   Chen, Qianghong ^a   Ge, Junji ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Auxiliary transformer; Clamping diodes; Full bridge (FB) converter; Light load; Zero voltage switching

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER; CLAMPING DIODE; CONDUCTION LOSS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FULL BRIDGE CONVERTERS; FULL-BRIDGE; FULL-LOAD; IMPROVED RELIABILITY; LIGHT LOADS; LOAD CONDITION; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; RECTIFIER DIODES; REVERSE RECOVERY; VOLTAGE OSCILLATION; ZVS-PWM;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; DIESEL ENGINES; DIODES; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 77952131068     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2038698     Document Type: Article

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