High-efficiency hybrid full-bridge-half-bridge converter with shared ZVS lagging leg and dual outputs in series

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 849-861

  Liu, Chuang ^a   Gu, Bin ^b   Lai, Jih Sheng ^b   Wang, Mingyan ^a   Ji, Yanchao ^a   Cai, Guowei ^c   Zhao, Zheng ^b   Chen, Chien Liang ^b   Zheng, Cong ^b   Sun, Pengwei ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dual outputs in series; half bridge (HB) LLC resonant converter; hybrid electric vehicle electric vehicle (HEV EV) battery chargers; hybrid full bridge (FB) half bridge (HB) converter

Indexed keywords

BATTERY CHARGERS; DUAL OUTPUTS IN SERIES; EFFICIENCY CURVES; FULL-BRIDGE; HALF-BRIDGE; HYBRID CONVERTERS; INPUT ENERGY; LAGGING LEG; LLC RESONANT CONVERTER; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPERATION POINT; PHASE SHIFT CONTROL; PRIMARY CURRENTS; SECONDARY-SIDE; VOLTAGE RANGES;

HYBRID VEHICLES; SOFT SWITCHING; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84867055729     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2205019     Document Type: Article

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