Analysis and design of a high step-up current-fed multiresonant DC-DC converter with low circulating energy and zero-current switching for all active switches

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 964-978

  Yuan, Bo ^a   Yang, Xu ^b   Zeng, Xiangjun ^b   Duan, Jason ^a   Zhai, Jerry ^a   Li, Donghao ^b  

^a ANALOG DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupled inductor; current fed multiresonant converter (CFMRC); step up converter; voltage doubler; zero current switching (ZCS)

Indexed keywords

COUPLED INDUCTOR; CURRENT-FED MULTIRESONANT CONVERTER (CFMRC); STEP-UP CONVERTER; VOLTAGE DOUBLER; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FUEL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PUMPS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 80054796185     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2158036     Document Type: Article

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