The main purpose of this paper is to develop a novel application of a resonant switch converter for battery chargers. A zero-current-switching ZCS converter with a quasiresonant converter QRC was used as the main structure. The proposed ZCS dc–dc battery charger has a straightforward structure, low cost, easy control, and high efficiency. The operating principles and design procedure of the pro...

In this paper, an interleaved soft switching boost converter for a Photovoltaic Power Conditioning System (PV-PCS) with high efficiency is proposed. In order to raise the efficiency of the proposed converter, a 2-phase interleaved boost converter integrated with soft switching cells is used. All of the switching devices in the proposed converter achieve zero current switching (ZCS) or zero volt...

This paper presents implementations of a nonisolated, high voltage gain DC-DC converter. High voltage gain is achieved due to inclusion of resonance and transformer in the circuit. The performance of this converter is compared with two similar topologies namely coupled inductor-switched capacitor step-up converter and coupled inductor step-up converter. The proposed prototype is designed using ...

Conventional energy sources are fast depleting due to poor conservation practises and excessive usage while the world’s energy demands are growing by minute. Additionally, the cost of producing conventional energy is rising also leading to an increase in harmful environmental pollution. Hence, there is a need to look at alternative energy sources such as sun, water and wind. Photovoltaic (PV) i...

The fundamental operational parameter that controls the losses In series resonant converters was round to be the (reflected) DC voltage transfer ratio. Losses which are a function of the average current (such as conduction losses of IGBTs and diodes) are independent of the s\vltchlng frequency. Losses which are associated with the rms current are a function of both the (reflected) DC voltage ra...

A passive lossless snubber cell is proposed to improve the turn-on and turnoff transients of the MOSFET’s in nonisolated pulsewidth modulated (PWM) dc/dc converters. Switching losses and EMI noise are reduced by restricting di=dt of the reverse-recovery current and dv=dt of the drain–source voltage. The MOSFET operates at zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) turnoff and near zero-current-switching (ZCS...

A new family of single-switch three-phase highpower-factor rectifiers, which have continuous input and output currents, is introduced. By using a multiresonant scheme, the transistor operates with zero-current switching (ZCS), and the diodes operate with zero-voltage switching (ZVS). These multiresonant rectifiers with a single transistor are capable of drawing a higher quality input-current wa...

This paper presents dc-dc converter operation of boost converter are an enabling soft switching technology. This proposed converter configuration can achieve zero voltage switching. The circuit consists of a general boost Converter with an auxiliary circuit which has a additional switch, and resonant components (snubbers). Boost converter has loss mechanism, current stress and voltage stress. b...

A single phase ac-dc soft switched PFC converter with a LCD snubber is presented for dc output voltage regulation. The LCD snubber cell provides zero current switching (ZCS) turn ON and zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn OFF for the converter switch without increasing current or voltage stress. In this study, steady state analysis of proposed PFC converter is presented in detail and the theoreti...

Over the past two decades plenty of resonant and quasi-resonant converters have been developed and proposed as an answer to the difficulties raised by square-wave converters, especially those related to their parasitic elements. The basic idea is to put these parasitics in use. The core of both classes of converters is a tank circuit. Unlike resonant converters, where it takes part actively in ...