DC–DC step-up converters for high-output voltage applications typically demand high voltage devices, leading to high conduction and switching losses. This identified demand has motivated research on active clamping and multi-level topologies. On this context, this study presents the study of a novel DC–DC boost converter with three-level boost-type active clamping, zero-voltage switching (ZVS) ...

This paper presents a new soft switching flyback-forward PWM converter. The proposed circuit employs an auxiliary circuit to achieve soft switching condition for switches and also absorbs the voltage spikes caused by the leakage inductance of transformers in the converter. In the proposed converter main switch operates at ZVS and the auxiliary switch operates at ZCS. The proposed converter has ...

A novel interleaved boost and buck converter with zero-voltage switching (ZVS) and zero-current switching (ZCS) characteristic is proposed in this paper. By using the interleaved approach, this topology not only decreases the current stress of the main circuit device but also reduces the ripple of the input current and output voltage. Moreover, by establishing the common soft-switching module, ...

This paper presents a boost converter along with a flyback converter. The Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) technique is used to achieve soft switching. A bidirectional boost converter is connected with an output module as a Parallel Input Serial Output configuration. The flyback converter with Voltage Doubler Rectifier (VDR) acts as an output module. This connection makes a bidirectional boost conv...

An improved single-ended push–pull (SEPP) halfbridge type zero-voltage soft-switching pulse width modulation (ZVS-PWM) DC–DC power converter is presented in this paper, which makes use of a saturable reactor-assisted lossless capacitor type zero voltage soft-switching method. The SEPP power converter with a high-frequency forward and flyback hybrid transformer link has some advantages such as l...

A new zero voltage switching (ZVS) dc / dc converter operating on constant frequency and having wide linearity is proposed. ZVS operations are achieved not only for the primary switches but also for the secondary rectifier diodes to reduce the switching stresses and losses. The proposed converter also overcomes the other shortcomings of the conventional resonant dc / dc converters such as high ...

Design considerations and performance evaluations of a three-phase, four-switch, single-stage, isolated zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) rectifier are presented. The circuit is obtained by integrating the three-phase, two-switch, ZVS, discontinuous-current-mode (DCM), boost power-factorcorrection (PFC) rectifier, named for short the TAIPEI rectifier, with the ZVS full-bridge (FB) phase-shift dc/dc ...

In this paper, a multiphase boost converter is proposed to achieve high voltage gain and high power gain. The proposed converter operates in continuous conduction mode (CCM) with soft switching of main and auxiliary devices. The transformer in a conventional converter is replaced by an auxiliary circuit which provides the desired voltage and power levels. The zero voltage switching (ZVS) and ze...

This paper represents a comparative study of isolated resonant topologies for photovoltaic application such as half bridge, full bridge and push pull topology. The performance of these topologies is analyzed with the help of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technique. The stressful behavior of the switches is reduced by soft switching technique. So, the primary side switches utilize zero voltage sw...

A novel off-line zero-voltage-switching(ZVS) PWM A C D C converter for single stage preregulation in distributed power system is proposed. The proposed A W C converter provides both of input power factor correction and direct conversion from 110-220VAC line to 48VDC bus with single power stage. Comparing to the conventional two-stage approach(boost rectifier followed by off-line DC/DC step down...