A new resonant switch and a new family of zerocurrent and zero-voltage mixed-mode switching quasi-resonant converters (QRC’s) called single-cycle resonant converters (SCRC’s) are proposed to improve the performance of the conventional QRC’s. The proposed SCRC’s, which include two active switches operated with zero-current switching (ZCS) and zero-voltage switching (ZVS), respectively, show very...

A new output structure for class E power amplifier (PA) is proposed in this paper. A series LC resonator circuit, tuned near the second harmonic of the operating frequency is added to the output circuit. This resonator causes low impedance at the second harmonic. The output circuit is designed to shape the switch voltage of the class E amplifier and lower the voltage stress of the transistor. T...

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...

ISSN 2250 – 1088 | © 2011 Bonfring Abstract--This paper is a detailed study on methods of battery charging with Buck Resonant converter using soft switching techniques like ZVS and ZCS. This study also presents the circuit configuration with the least components to realize a highly efficient solar energy battery charger with a zero-voltage and zero current switching resonant converter. The high...

This paper proposes a novel soft-switching singlephase ac–dc–ac converter to give high input power factor and low current distortion on the rectifier side and provide clean and stable ac voltage on the inverter side. The proposed converter uses a new zero voltage switching (ZVS) strategy to get ZVS function. Besides operating at constant frequency, all semiconductor devices operate at soft-swit...

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...

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...

In this paper, a two-stage three-port isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter (BDC) for hybrid energy storage system (HESS) applications in DC microgrids is proposed. It has an enlarged zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) region and reduced power circulation loss. A front-end three-phase interleaved BDC is introduced to the supercapacitor (SC) channel to compensate voltage variations of SC. Consequentl...

Abstract A MOSFETs switching times calculation method for the known modulation strategy bidirectional buck + boost DC-DC converter is presented. former low-loss, constant-frequency based on a negative inductor offset current takes place at beginning of each conversion period which provides ability to turn converter’s MOSFET switches under zero-voltage and zero (ZVS/ZCS) condition. Time interval...

This study presents a two-switch continuous conduction mode pulse width modulation flyback converter that employs an LC snubber circuit. The snubber circuit is used to achieve zero voltage switching (ZVS) operation for the main switches during the turn-off transition and soft switching for power diodes. With the proposed LC snubber, the magnetic energy in the transformer leakage inductance can ...