A systematic approach to the analysis and design of a bi-directional Cûk converter for the cell voltage balancing control of a series-connected lithium-ion battery string is presented in this paper. The proposed individual cell equalizers (ICE) are designed to operate at discontinuous-capacitor-voltage mode (DCVM) to achieve the zero-voltage switching (ZVS) for reducing the switching loss of th...

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 ...

─ This paper presents a voltage doubler in to a half bridge converter is derived for electric vehicle battery chargers. The proposed converter provides wide ZVS range, reduced circulating current and also voltage stress. Circulating current during the freewheeling phases of phase shift full bridge circuit are reset by the sum of LLC circuit output voltage and resonant capacitor voltage by achie...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new family of zero-voltage switching (ZVS) pulse-width modulation (PWM) active-clamping dc-to-dc boost converters. This technique presents ZVS commutation without additional voltage stress and a significant increase in the circulating reactive energy throughout the converters. So, the efficiency and the power density become advantages when compared to...

A new zero voltage switching current fed zero-voltage switching isolated boost converter topology for fuel cell applications is presented. L-type half-bridge is more suitable to low voltage, high current applications such as front-end dc–dc converters for the fuel cell applications. It has larger switch voltage rating and also suffers from high voltage across the switches. Clamping methods are ...

This paper introduces a new soft switching boost converter with passive snubber. In the proposed converter, the main switch turns on under zero current switching (ZCS) and turns off under zero voltage switching (ZVS) without any additional voltage or current stresses. The main diode turns on under ZVS and turns off under ZCS. The proposed converter has features as low cost, simple control, low ...

LED luminaires need a driver circuit for working properly. Most of the drivers have disadvantages such as losses during operation. This issue becomes more important while supplying with limited sources renewables. To overcome problem, this study proposes novel energy efficient based on zero voltage switching (ZVS) single-ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC) technology. Driver and hence we...