New Three-Level PWM DC/DC Converter - Analysis, Design and Experiments


Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 30-39, Jan. 2014
10.6113/JPE.2014.14.1.30


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 Abstract

This paper studies a new three-level pulse-width modulation (PWM) resonant converter for high input voltage and high load current applications. In order to use high frequency power MOSFETs for high input voltage applications, a three-level DC converter with two clamped diodes and a flying capacitor is adopted in the proposed circuit. For high load current applications, the secondary sides of the proposed converter are connected in parallel to reduce the size of the magnetic core and copper windings and to decrease the current rating of the rectifier diodes. In order to share the load current and reduce the switch counts, three resonant converters with the same active switches are adopted in the proposed circuit. Two transformers with a series connection in the primary side and a parallel connection in the secondary side are adopted in each converter to balance the secondary side currents. To overcome the drawback of a wide range of switching frequencies in conventional series resonant converters, the duty cycle control is adopted in the proposed circuit to achieve zero current switching (ZCS) turn-off for the rectifier diodes and zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on for the active switches. Finally, experimental results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed converter.


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[IEEE Style]

B. Lin and C. Chen, "New Three-Level PWM DC/DC Converter - Analysis, Design and Experiments," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 30-39, 2014. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2014.14.1.30.

[ACM Style]

Bor-Ren Lin and Chih-Chieh Chen. 2014. New Three-Level PWM DC/DC Converter - Analysis, Design and Experiments. Journal of Power Electronics, 14, 1, (2014), 30-39. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2014.14.1.30.