A comparative study of a new ZCS DC-DC full-bridge boost converter with a ZVS active-clamp converter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1347-1358

  Mousavi, Ahmad ^a,b   Das, Pritam ^a   Moschopoulos, Gerry ^b  

^a Queen's University   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active clamp; dc dc power conversion; full bridge converter; LC resonance; low power converters; pulsewidth modulated (PWM) converters; soft switching; switch mode power supply; zero current switching (ZCS); zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CLAMP; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; FULL BRIDGE CONVERTERS; LC-RESONANCE; LOW POWER; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLIES; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SOFT SWITCHING; TOPOLOGY; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84856944201     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2118233     Document Type: Review

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