Analysis and design of a zero-current switching forward converter with simple auxiliary circuit

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-150

  Adib, Ehsan ^a   Farzanehfard, Hosein ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Isolated dc dc converters; Soft switching; Zero current switching (ZCS)

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; AUXILIARY CIRCUITS; AUXILIARY SWITCH; DESIGN PROCEDURE; FORWARD CONVERTERS; LEAKAGE INDUCTANCE; RESONANT INDUCTORS; SWITCHING ALGORITHMS; TRANSFORMER CORE; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOFT SWITCHING; SWITCHING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 83655190919     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2096478     Document Type: Article

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