A current-driving synchronous rectifier for an LLC resonant converter with voltage-doubler rectifier structure

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1894-1904

  Zhang, Junming ^a   Liao, Jiawen ^b   Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Qian, Zhaoming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE GRID CHONGQING ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Current driving; LLC resonant converter; synchronous rectifier (SR); voltage doubler

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DRIVING; CURRENT RATING; CURRENT TRANSFORMER; DRIVE CIRCUITS; ENERGY-RECOVERY CIRCUITS; LLC RESONANT CONVERTER; ON-STATE RESISTANCE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; SECONDARY WINDINGS; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER; VOLTAGE DOUBLER; VOLTAGE RATINGS; VOLTAGE STRESS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; RATING; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84863169490     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2167520     Document Type: Article

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