Soft-Switched Dual-Input DC-DC Converter Combining a Boost-Half-Bridge Cell and a Voltage-Fed Full-Bridge Cell

This letter presents a new zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) isolated dc-dc converter which combines a boost half-bridge (BHB) cell and a full-bridge (FB) cell, so that two different type of power sources, i.e., both current fed and voltage fed, can be coupled effectively by the proposed converter for va...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on power electronics 2013-11, Vol.28 (11), p.4897-4902
Main Authors: Zhe Zhang, Thomsen, O. C., Andersen, M. A. E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active control
Applied sciences
Boost half-bridge (BHB)
Bridge circuits
Circuit properties
Converters
Convertors
dc-dc converter
Devices
dual-input
Effectiveness
Electric currents
Electric potential
Electric power
Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits
Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering
Electrical equipment
Electrical machines
Electronic circuits
Electronic equipment and fabrication. Passive components, printed wiring boards, connectics
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Fuel cells
phase-shift
Power electronics, power supplies
Power generation
Power rating
Prototypes
Signal convertors
soft switching and hybrid
Switches
Switching
Transformers
Voltage measurement
Zero voltage switching
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Summary:This letter presents a new zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) isolated dc-dc converter which combines a boost half-bridge (BHB) cell and a full-bridge (FB) cell, so that two different type of power sources, i.e., both current fed and voltage fed, can be coupled effectively by the proposed converter for various applications, such as fuel cell and supercapacitor hybrid energy system. By fully using two high- frequency transformers and a shared leg of switches, number of the power devices and associated gate driver circuits can be reduced. With phase-shift control, the converter can achieve ZVS turn-on of active switches and zero-current switching (ZCS) turn-off of diodes. In this letter, derivation, analysis, and design of the proposed converter are presented. Finally, a 25-50 V input, 300-400 V output prototype with a 600 W nominal power rating is built up and tested to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed converter topology.
ISSN:0885-8993
1941-0107
DOI:10.1109/TPEL.2013.2248168