This article proposes a positively coupled inductor (PCI) based paralleling scheme for basic semibridge switching cells, which are formed by power MOSFETs and diodes. Both the cells inductors split into two parallel parts, thus, small differential mode (DM) inductance is between midpoints of cells. A time-delay-based modulation strategy applied to generate controllable circulating current, enab...

The proposed zero-current switching switched-capacitor (ZCS SC) DC-DC converter is an innovative bi-directional power flow control conversion scheme. A zero-current switching switched-capacitor stepup/step-down bi-directional converter is presented that can improve the current stress problem during bi-directional power flow control processing. It can provide a high voltage conversion ratio of n...

In this paper we investigate the performance and operation of a Learning Classifier System on problems with real-valued states and a Boolean action space. Specifically, we study aspects of the algorithm and parameter set of the simple strength-based Learning Classifier System used, ZCS. Increased performance is found to result from the use of an update algorithm based on that of NewBoole, an ea...

In this paper, several energy recovery circuits (ERC) for the plasma display panel (PDP) are reviewed and classified in a manner of operation characteristics. A typical ERC using the Regenerative Transformer (RT) is introduced and compared with conventional ones. RT-ERC can achieve zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) for main full-bridge switches and zero-current-switching (ZCS) for the resonant switc...

A new zero-current-transition (ZCT) converter for switched reluctance motor drives is presented. The proposed ZCT converter possesses the definite advantages that both the main and auxiliary switches are operating with zero-current switching (ZCS), as well as minimum current and voltage stresses. It has simple circuit topology, minimum component count and low cost. The ZCT technique can signifi...

A power electronic inverter is developed for a high-frequency induction heating application. The application requires up to 160kW of power at a frequency of 1OOkHz. This power-frequency product represents a significant challenge for today's power semiconductor technology. Voltage source and current source inverters both using ZCS or ZVS are analyzed and compared. To attain the level of performa...

Abstract – In this paper an Improved Zero Voltage Zero Current Pulse Width Modulation Forward converter which employs a simple resonance snubber circuit is introduced. A simple snubber circuit consists of a capacitor, an inductor and two diodes. In proposed converter, switch Q1 operates at ZCS turn-on, and ZVS turn-off conditions and all-passive semiconductor devices operate at ZVZCS turn-on an...