This paper presents a feasibility investigation of a zero-voltage switching (ZVS) pulsewidth modulation (PWM) dc-dc converter with secondary-side phase-shifting power control scheme. The ZVS-PWM dc-dc converter treated here can achieve soft commutation in all the power devices under the wide range of output power variation. By the phase-shifting control that is based on the secondary-side rectifier linked with a high-frequency planar transformer, the effective reduction of idling power in the primary-side inverter as well as snubber-less rectifications in the secondary-side rectifier can be actually attained. The essential experimental data obtained from a 100-kHz/2.5-kW prototype are described herein to validate the soft-switching circuit and control scheme, and then the effectiveness of the dc-dc converter is discussed and evaluated from a practical point of view.
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Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:26
,
Issue:
12
)
Date of Publication: Dec. 2011