Analysis of Bidirectional Piezoelectric-Based Converters for Zero-Voltage Switching Operation

This paper deals with a thorough analysis of zero-voltage switching, especially for bidirectional inductorless piezoelectric transformer-based switch-mode power supplies with a half-bridge topology. Practically, obtaining zero-voltage switching for all of the switches in a bidirectional piezoelectri...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on power electronics 2017-01, Vol.32 (1), p.866-877
Main Authors: Ekhtiari, Marzieh, Zhe Zhang, Andersen, Michael A. E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bidirectional control
Capacitance
Electric bridges
Electric potential
Electronics
Impedance
Optimum dead time (ODT)
phase shift control
piezoelectric transformer
Piezoelectricity
Power converters
resonant converter
Switched mode power supplies
Switched-mode power supply
Switches
Switching
Topology
Transformers
Zero voltage switching
zero-voltage switching (ZVS)
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Summary:This paper deals with a thorough analysis of zero-voltage switching, especially for bidirectional inductorless piezoelectric transformer-based switch-mode power supplies with a half-bridge topology. Practically, obtaining zero-voltage switching for all of the switches in a bidirectional piezoelectric power converter is a difficult task. However, the analysis in this paper will be convenient for overcoming this challenge. The analysis defines the zero-voltage region indicating the operating points whether or not soft switching can be met over the switching frequency and load range. For the first time, a comprehensive analysis is provided, which can be used as a design guideline for applying control techniques in order to drive switches in piezoelectric transformer-based converters. This study further conveys the proposed method to the region where all the switches can obtain soft switching. Moreover, the analysis can be applied to other types of resonant converters with or without piezoelectric transformers. Experimental and simulation results are provided verifying the performed analysis.
ISSN:0885-8993
1941-0107
DOI:10.1109/TPEL.2016.2537820