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...

An Isolated ZVS/ZCS bidirectional DC-DC converter for DC Uninterruptable Power supplies is presented in this paper. The usual way to avoid a computer shutdown during the mains failure is to connect an ac uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Alternatively, in this paper, a simple and high efficiency dc UPS is presented by an isolated bidirectional soft-switching dc-dc converter. The bidirectional...

Abstract: In this paper, a reflex charger with zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) and non-dissipative cells for photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion is presented. The proposed reflex charger has the following advantages: (1) A ZVS cell is incorporated to reduce the switching losses of the main and auxiliary switches. Therefore, the conversion efficiency of the proposed reflex charger can be improved s...

The experimental and theoretical results of a ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) isolated flyback DC-DC converter using multilayered coreless PCB step down 2:1 transformer are presented. The performance characteristics of the transformer are shown which are useful for the parameters extraction. The measured energy efficiency of the transformer is found to be more than 94% with the sinusoidal input vo...

A single-stage LED driver based on interleaved buck-boost circuit and LLC resonant converter is proposed. The buck-boost circuit and LLC resonant converter are integrated by sharing switches, which can decrease the system cost and improve system efficiency. The input voltage of the buck-boost circuit is half of the rectified voltage, and two buckboost circuits are formed with the two half-bridg...

Rev. Abstract The most recent version (C2MTM) of Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices is used in a Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) converter application. A 1200V, 160mohm SiC MOSFET from Cree Inc. is used to design a high-frequency ZVS LLC resonant fullbridge (FB) DC/DC converter. With the outstanding advantages of SiC MOSFET, which has lower junction capacitance and low-on-state resistor compared to a s...

A novel single-stage AC/DC converter is proposed in this letter. The converter is designed by integrating a sepic circuit and a flyback circuit, the circuit work in the quasi-resonance state, and the switch is turned on in the zero voltage switching (ZVS) state, which decreased the switching losses of the converter Streszczenie. Opisano nowy konwerter AC/DC. Układ pracuje w stanie quasi-rezonan...

In this paper, a new structure of step-up dc-dc converter by using coupled inductor and active-clamped circuit is proposed. The proposed converter generates high voltage gain in comparison with the conventional dc-dc converters. Duo to using active-clamped circuit in the proposed topology the voltage stress on main switch is reduced. In addition the zero voltage switching (ZVS) in ON-state of m...

A new configuration for modular isolated bidirectional dc-dc converters is presented. The proposed converter has interesting features such as fewer switching devices, bidirectional power flow, and low switching losses. The simple modular structure, high frequency operation, zero voltage switching (ZVS) capability, and fewer switching devices make the extended configuration of the proposed conve...

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...