Zero-voltage and zero-current-switching PWM hybrid full-bridge three-level converter

This paper proposes a zero-voltage and zero-current-switching pulsewidth modulation hybrid full-bridge three-level (ZVZCS PWM H-FB TL) converter, which has a TL leg and a two-level leg. The voltage stress of the switches of the TL leg is half of the input voltage, and the switches can realize ZVS, so MOSFETs can be adopted; the voltage stress of the switches of the two-level leg is the input voltage, and the switches can realize ZCS, so IGBT can be adopted. The secondary rectified voltage is a TL waveform having lower high-frequency content compared with that of the traditional FB converters, which leads to the reduction of the output filter inductance. The input current of the converter has quite little ripple, so the input filter can also be significantly reduced. The operation principle of the proposed converter is analyzed and verified by the experimental results. Several ZVZCS PWM H-FB TL converters are also proposed in this paper.     

Hybrid Full-Bridge Three-Level LLC Resonant Converter—A Novel DC–DC Converter Suitable for Fuel-Cell Power System

This paper proposes a novel hybrid full-bridge (H-FB) three-level (TL) LLC resonant converter. It integrates the advantages of the H-FB TL converter and the LLC resonant converter. It can operate under both three-level mode and two-level mode, so it is very suitable for wide-input-voltage-range applications, such as fuel-cell power systems. Compared with the traditional full-bridge converter, the input current ripple and output filter can be reduced. In addition, all the switches can realize zero-voltage switching from nearly zero to full load, and the switches of the TL leg sustain only half of the input voltage. Moreover, the rectifier diodes can achieve zero-current switching, and the voltage stress across them can be minimized to the output voltage. A prototype of 200-400-V input and 360-V/4-A output is built in our laboratory to verify the operation principle of the proposed converter     

The three-level ZVS-PWM DC-to-DC converter

A novel high-frequency DC-to-DC power converter for high voltage and high power is introduced which features zero voltage switching (ZVS), operation at constant frequency, regulation by pulse width modulation (PWM), and low RMS current stress upon power switches. Its greatest attribute, in comparison with the full-bridge (FB-ZVS-PWM) converter, is that the voltage across the switches is half of the input voltage, This property is achieved due to the use of a three-level leg in place of the conventional two-switch leg. Operation, analysis, design procedure and example, and simulation are presented. A prototype operating at 100 kHz, rated at 600 V input voltage, and 1.5 kW output power and 25 A output current has been fabricated and successfully tested in the laboratory. The measured efficiency at full load was 93%     

Zero-Voltage-Switching PWM Hybrid Full-Bridge Three-Level Converter With Secondary-Voltage Clamping Scheme

A hybrid full-bridge (H-FB) three-level (TL) converter can realize zero-voltage-switching for switches with the use of resonant inductance (including the leakage inductance of the transformer) and intrinsic capacitors of the switches. As it can operate in three-level and two-level (2L) modes, the secondary rectified voltage is always close to the output voltage over the input-voltage range; thus, the output filter requirement is significantly less. Meanwhile, the voltage stress of the rectifier diodes can also be reduced. Therefore, the H-FB TL converter is very attractive for wide input-voltage-range applications. However, there is a serious voltage oscillation across the rectifier diodes caused by reverse recovery like the Buck-derived converters. In this paper, two clamping diodes are introduced to the H-FB TL converter to eliminate the voltage oscillation across the rectifier diodes. The arrangement of the positions of the resonant inductance and the transformer is discussed. The operation principle of the proposed converter is analyzed in details. A 1.2-kW prototype was built and tested in the laboratory to verify the operation of the proposed converter.     

Zero-voltage-switching PWM three-level converter with two clamping diodes

A zero-voltage-switching pulsewidth-modulation three-level (ZVS PWM TL) converter realizes ZVS for the switches with the use of the leakage inductance (or external resonant inductance) and the output capacitors of the switches, however, the rectifier diodes suffer from reverse recovery which results in oscillation and voltage spike. In order to solve this problem, this paper proposes a novel ZVS PWM TL converter, which introduces two clamping diodes to the basic TL converter to eliminate the oscillation and clamp the rectified voltage to the reflected input voltage; in the meanwhile, all the switches keep to realize ZVS. Furthermore, the proposed ZVS PWM TL converter can be simplified by removing the two freewheeling diodes. The operation principle of the novel converter and the simplified converter are analyzed and are verified by a prototype converter. The experimental results are also included in this paper.     

一种新型的零电压零电流三电平变换器的研究

针对采用IGBT的软开关三电平变换器中IGBT关断过程存在的电流拖尾现象,以及基本三电平拓扑变压器次级存在的电压过冲和电压振荡现象,提出了改进型ZVZCS三电平结构。该结构在基于拓扑的三电平桥臂侧和两电平桥臂侧分别加入了一个无源辅助网络,三电平桥臂侧的辅助变压器在续流阶段为主变压器初级电流回零提供了条件,两电平桥臂的谐振电感和箍位二极管有效地抑制了主变压器次级电压的过冲现象。详细分析了改进拓扑的工作原理、工作模态,以及辅助网络的工作特点,并研制了实验样机,验证了理论分析的正确性以及改进拓扑的可行性。     

储能电感前置软开关移相全桥变流器研究

本文提出了一种适用于低压大电流输出场合的软开关移相全桥变流器。该变流器原边带有储能电感,副边采用同步整流技术,通过合理的设计能够使之工作于断续模式(DCM)。其中原边储能电感可以简单方便地实现超前臂开关管的零电压开通。这种工作模式不但能够实现滞后臂的零电流关断,还能实现副边整流器件的零电流关断,有效地降低其开关损耗、体二极管的反向恢复损耗以及抑制寄生结电容电压震荡尖刺等。又因为副边同步整流管的电压应力受到输出电压箝位,所以可以选用较低耐压的同步整流管降低副边的导通损耗。最后根据理论分析设计研制了一台工作频率100kHz,额定功率300Watts的实验样机验证了它的基本工作原理,而其较高的变换效率也体现了该移相全桥变流器的优点。     

带辅助网络的ZVS PWM全桥三电平直流变换器

提出了一种带辅助网络的ZVS PWM全桥三电平直流变换器,很好地解决了ZVS PWM移相全桥三电平变换器中滞后桥臂不容易实现软开关的问题,同时具有开关管电压应力小的特点。加入辅助网络后可以减小谐振电感,达到降低占空比丢失目的。文章分析了变换器的原理,最后通过对一个输出400V,10A的变换器的仿真进行了验证。     

An improved full-bridge zero-voltage-switched PWM converter using asaturable inductor

The saturable inductor is employed in the full-bridge (FB) zero voltage switched (ZVS) pulse width modulated (PWM) power converter to improve its performance. The current and voltage stresses of the switches as well as parasitic oscillations are significantly reduced compared to those of the conventional FB-ZVS-PWM power converter. The qualitative analysis is presented and is verified on a 500 kHz, 5 V/40 A converter     

单相电压源变换器减少开关次数调制算法的研究

作为基本的电力电子变换器,单相全桥结构两电平电压源变换器包括单相电压源逆变器、单相并网逆变器、单相电压源整流器和单相有源电力滤波器,具有广泛的应用场合。鉴于单相电压源变换器具有多解性,可以寻找一种减少开关次数的调制算法,以便降低开关损耗。本文根据三相电压源全桥结构两电平电压源变换器的最小开关次数调制算法,设计了一种适合单相全桥结构两电平电压源变换器的最少开关次数的调制算法,在理论分析的基础上,采用MATLAB/SIMULINK进行了仿真验证。     

基于UC3875的复合式全桥三电平变换器的研究

文中研究了一种基于UC3875的复合式全桥三电平变换器。该变换器可以降低开关管的电压应力,利用开关管的寄生电容与变压器的漏感在较宽的负载范围内实现ZVS,在减小输出滤波器的容量和体积的同时,有效地提高了效率。对该变换器进行了仿真分析并通过一台600W的原理样机进行验证,给出了实验结果。     

New zero voltage switching DC converter with flying capacitors

A new soft switching converter is presented for medium power applications. Two full-bridge converters are connected in series at high voltage side in order to limit the voltage stress of power switches at V_in/2. Therefore, power metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with 600 V voltage rating can be adopted for 1200 V input voltage applications. In order to balance two input split capacitor voltages in every switching cycle, two flying capacitors are connected on the AC side of two full-bridge converters. Phase-shift pulse-width modulation (PS-PWM) is adopted to regulate the output voltage. Based on the resonant behaviour by the output capacitance of MOSFETs and the resonant inductance, active MOSFETs can be turned on under zero voltage switching (ZVS) during the transition interval. Thus, the switching losses of power MOSFETs are reduced. Two full-bridge converters are used in the proposed circuit to share load current and reduce the current stress of passive and active components. The circuit analysis and design example of the prototype circuit are provided in detail and the performance of the proposed converter is verified by the experiments.     

一种采用无源辅助电路的移相全桥变换器

文章研究了一种采用无源辅助电路的零电压开关移相全桥变换器,它是在传统全桥拓扑上加入了由电容和电感组成的无源辅助电路,从而可以在整个输入电压和全负载范围内实现原边所有开关管的零电压开关。文中详细分析了该变换器的工作原理及其特性,并对辅助电路参数进行了设计。在此基础上,设计完成了一台1.2kW（50V/24A）,开关频率为100kHz的样机,实验结果验证了该变换器的优越性。     

Interleaved ZVS Converter With Ripple-Current Cancellation

In this paper, an interleaved soft-switching converter with ripple-current cancellation is presented to achieve zero- voltage-switching (ZVS) turn-on and load current sharing. In order to achieve ZVS turn-on, an active snubber is connected in parallel with the primary winding of the transformer. The energy stored in the transformer leakage inductance and magnetizing inductance can be recovered so that the peak voltage stress of switching devices is limited. The resonance at the transition interval is used to realize ZVS turn-on of all switches. In order to achieve three-level pulsewidth-modulation (PWM) scheme, an addition fast-recovery diode is used in the converter. Three-level PWM scheme can reduce the ac ripple current on the output inductor such that the output inductor can be reduced. The current-doubler rectifier is adopted in the secondary side of the transformer to reduce the transformer secondary-winding current and output voltage ripple by canceling the current ripple of two output inductors. The output voltage is controlled at the desired value using the interleaved PWM scheme. These features make the proposed converter suitable for the dc-dc converter with high output current. The operation principles, steady state analysis, and design equations of the proposed converter are provided in detail. Finally, experiments based on a 600-W (12 V/50 A) prototype are provided to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed converter.     

一种新的移相全桥零电压开关PWM变换器

对于移相全桥零电压开关PWM变换器,在全负载范围内实现所有开关器件零电压开关和减少占空比丢失之间是矛盾的。如果在电路中增加一个辅助电路,根据负载情况在续流期间为滞后桥臂的零电压开关提供能量,能在全负载范围内实现所有开关器件的零电压开关和减少占空比丢失,但电路中存在严重的环流问题。文中提出新的拓扑结构通过增加一个双向开关和相应的驱动电路,有效地减少了环流带来的损耗。实例分析和仿真验证了这种拓扑的优点。     

A Variable Frequency Phase-Shift Modulated Three-Level Resonant Single-Stage Power Factor Correction Converter

This paper presents a new single-stage three-level resonant power factor correction ac-dc converter suitable for high power applications (in the order of multiple kilowatts) with a universal input voltage range (90–265 Vrms). The proposed topology integrates the boost input power factor preregulator with a half-bridge three-level resonant dc-dc converter. The converter operation is controlled by means of a combination of phase-shift and variable frequency control. The phase-shift between the switch gate pulses is used to provide the required input current shaping and to regulate the dc-bus voltage to a set reference value for all loading conditions, whereas, variable frequency control is used to tightly regulate the output voltage. An auxiliary circuit is used in order to balance the voltage across the two dc-bus capacitors. Zero voltage switching (ZVS) is also achieved for a wide range of loading and input voltage by having a lagging resonant current in addition to the flowing of the boost inductor current through the body diodes of the upper pair of switches in the free wheeling mode. The resulting circuit, therefore, has high conversion efficiency and lower component stresses making it suitable for high power, wide input voltage range applications. The effectiveness of the proposed converter is verified by analysis, simulation, and experimental results.      

Novel zero-voltage-transition current-fed full-bridge PWM converterfor single-stage power factor correction

A novel zero-voltage-transition (ZVT) current-fed full-bridge pulsewidth modulation (PWM) power converter for single-stage power factor correction (PFC) is presented to improve the performance of the previously presented ZVT converter. A simple auxiliary circuit which includes only one active switch provides a zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) condition to all semiconductor devices (two active switches are required for the previous ZVT converter). This leads to reduced cost and a simplified control circuit compared to the previous ZVT converter. The ZVS is achieved for wide line and load ranges with minimum device voltage and current stresses. Operation principle, control strategy and features of the proposed power converter are presented and verified by the experimental results from a 1.5 kW 100 kHz laboratory prototype     

A Novel High-Power-Density Three-Level LCC Resonant Converter With Constant-Power-Factor-Control for Charging Applications

This paper proposes a variable-frequency zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) three-level LCC resonant converter that is able to utilize the parasitic components of the high turns-ratio transformer. By applying a three-level structure to the primary side, the voltage stress of the primary switches is half of the input voltage. Low-voltage MOSFETs with better performance can be used in this converter, and zero-current-switching (ZCS) is achieved for rectifier diodes. By applying a magnetic integration technique, only one magnetic component is required in this converter. The power factor concept of resonant converters is proposed and analyzed, and a novel constant power-factor control scheme is proposed. Based on this control strategy, the circulating energy of resonant converters is considerably reduced. High efficiency can be obtained for high-voltage high-power charging applications. The operation principle of the converter is analyzed and verified on a 700-kHz, 3.7-kW prototype, with which a power density of 72 ${hbox {W/inch}}^{3}$ is achieved.      

一种移相全桥ZVZCS变换器的研究与应用

基于对ZVZCS-PWM全桥变换器工作原理的分析,利用Pspice仿真软件对该变换器主电路进行了仿真,详细给出了仿真电路中的参数,对各仿真波形进行了分析。并在此基础上设计出一台50v／15A全桥软开关电源实验样机,在实验样机上测量出其实际运行时的波形及变换器效率。实验结果证明该变换器超前桥臂很好地实现了零电压开关,并在任意负载和输入电压范围内实现了滞后桥臂的零电流开关。