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 ...

This paper presents a family of soft-switching DC–DC converters with a simple auxiliary circuit consisting of a coupled winding and a pair of auxiliary switch and diode. The auxiliary circuit is activated in a short interval and thus the circulating conduction losses are small. With the auxiliary circuit, zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) and zero-current-switching are achieved for the main and auxi...

The trend in power converters is towards increasing power densities. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to reduce power losses, overall system size, and weight by increasing the switching frequency. High reliability is also very important for today’s switched-mode power supplies (SMPS). The zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) or zero-currentswitching (ZCS) topologies that allow for high-frequency s...

This paper presents a new design of zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) buck converter. This new converter utilizes a coupled inductor to implement the output filter inductor as well as the auxiliary inductor which is commonly employed to realize ZVS for switches. Additional magnetic core for the auxiliary inductor in traditional designs is removed and hence manufacture cost is reduced. Moreover, than...

In this paper, based on the switching cell approach, a unified steady state analysis for families of soft-switching dc–dc converters with complete unified design equations will be presented. The concept of the unified approach and step by step procedure for a generalized process are discussed and applied to selected soft-switching families such as zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) and zero-current-s...

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...

This paper proposes a high efficiency DC-DC flyback converter with a resonant full-bridge inverter to use in PV systems. The flyback converter is composed of a resonant active-clamp circuit that limits the voltage stress and provides zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on and turn-off of the power switches. Therefore, the switching losses of the high frequency primary switches are negligible. A r...

The controller is used to improve the dynamic performance of DC-DC converter by achieving a robust output voltage against load disturbances. This paper presents the performance of PI and Fuzzy controller for a phaseshifted zerovoltage switched full-bridge PWM (ZVS FBPWM) converters with a closed loop control. The proposed converter is regulated with minimum overshoot and good stability. In this...

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...