This paper presents a novel three-phase power factor corrector (PFC) circuit which uses two power switches working in zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) condition. The two switches along with a high-frequency inductor constitute a high-frequency current source which is responsible for the energy transfer in the circuit. The input current is partly continuous and partly discontinuous. The total harmon...

Abstmct Several new schemes of constructing 39 low harmonic rectifiers are introduced here. These 39 ac-dc topologies are derived fiom parent dc-dc converter topologies. With a single active switch featuring the zero-voltage switching property (ZVS) in addition to the diode rectifier bridge, the rectifiers are capable of naturally drawing approximately sinusoidal input current waveforms at near...

This paper presents the operational modes and the design of the active clamp flyback inverter. The auxiliary switch, clamp capacitor (Cclamp) and resonant inductor (Lr) are used in flyback inverter to minimize the spike voltage at the transformer primary side. Therefore, the voltage stress of main switch can be decreased. The active clamp circuit can also help the main switch in order to achiev...

This paper proposes a novel phase-shifted zerovoltage and zero-current-switching (ZVZCS) pulsewidth modulation full-bridge converter, which realizes ZVS for the leading leg and ZCS for the lagging leg. A blocking capacitor is added in series with the primary winding of the transformer to make the primary current decay to zero during zero state to ensure ZCS for the lagging leg. In order to prev...

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...

This paper presents the functions of Series-Loaded Resonant Converter (SLRC). Series Loaded Resonant DC-DC converter is a type of soft-switching topology widely known for providing improved efficiency. Zero voltage switching (ZVS) buck converter is more preferable over hard switched buck converter for low power, high frequency DC-DC conversion applications. Zero Voltage switching techniques wil...

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...

This paper proposes the process to predict and analyze the conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI) emission using the impedance mismatch approach. Five steps of this process are introduced and analyzed. The impedance mismatch criterion is proposed based on current and voltage waveforms in time domain. The impedance mismatch fixtures and EMI measured results show how the relationship of imp...

In this paper, a two-stage AC/DC converter is presented for a low-profile laptop adaptor. The system consists of a boost power factor pre-regulator and LLC resonant converter. The pre-regulator features high PF and high-efficiency, while secondary LLC converter features zero voltage switching (ZVS). The transformer in LLC converter is splited in two to reduce current stress and converter height...

Using PSPICE a resonant dc-dc converters operating at constant frequency was simulated. The paper concentrates on the working of a half bridge topology employing ZVS techniques. The operation of converter with LC filter in the output is discussed. The design and fabrication was done on a 5V, 50W converter using MOSFET to validate the performance of the converter. The converter has illustrated l...