Phase-shifted PWM converter with a wide ZVS range and reduced circulating current

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 908-919

  Lee, Il Oun ^a   Moon, Gun Woo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

No duty cycle loss; no secondary voltage oscillation; phase shifted (PS) pulse width modulation (PWM); reduced circulating current; zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS; CIRCULATING CURRENT; DUTY CYCLES; ENERGY-RECOVERY CIRCUITS; FULL BRIDGE CONVERTERS; HALF-BRIDGE CONVERTERS; PHASE SHIFTED; PHASE-SHIFTING; PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL; POWER MODULE; PROTOTYPE CONVERTER; PWM CONVERTER; RECTIFIER DIODES; SECONDARY-SIDE; VOLTAGE STRESS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COUNTING CIRCUITS; MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84867054058     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2205408     Document Type: Article

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