State Trajectory Control of Burst Mode for LCC Resonant Converters With Capacitive Output Filter

LCC
resonant converters have been widely adopted to achieve high power density and high efficiency. Due to high switching frequency and large reactive power in the resonant tank, the efficiency of
LCC
converters at light load decreases dramatically. Burst mode, which is commonly used in dc–dc converters to improve efficiency at light load, has not been applied to
LCC
resonant converters due to the oscillation of resonant tank during the burst
off
-time of burst mode. In this article, a simplified state model, which has only two state variables that can easily describe its state trajectory in the state plane, is proposed for
LCC
resonant converters with a capacitive output filter. Then, optimal state trajectory control of
LCC
converters for burst mode is proposed based on the state model, which can eliminate the resonance during the burst
off
-time. In addition, the transition from start-up mode to burst mode is proposed based on state trajectory control, which can complete this transition in one switching cycle. Finally, the proposed optimal trajectory control in burst mode is verified by an
LCC
converter prototype.