Tapped-inductor filter assisted soft-switching PWM DC-DC power converter

A novel high-frequency transformer linked full-bridge type soft-switching phase-shift pulsewidth modulated (PWM) controlled dc-dc power converter is presented, which can be used as a power conditioner for small-scale photovoltaic and fuel cell power generation systems as well as isolated boost dc-dc power converter for automotive ac power supply. In these applications with low-voltage large-current sources, the full-bridge circuit is the most attractive topology due to the possibility of using low-voltage high-performance metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and achieving high efficiency of the dc-dc power converter. A tapped-inductor filter including the freewheeling diode is newly implemented in the output stage of the full-bridge phase-shift PWM dc-dc converter to achieve soft-switching operation for the wide load variation range. Moreover, in the proposed converter circuit, the circulating current is effectively minimized without using additional resonant circuit and auxiliary power switching devices. The practical effectiveness of the proposed soft-switching dc-dc power converter was verified in laboratory level experiment with 1 kW 100 kHz breadboard setup using power MOSFETs. Actual efficiency of 94-97% was obtained for the wide duty cycle and load variation ranges.     

抽头电感滤波器辅助PWM DC-DC功率变换器实现软开关功能

推荐了一种使用新型高频变压器连接的全桥软开关移相脉宽调制（PWM）控制的DC-DC功率变换器。可以把此种功率变换器用作小型光伏电池与燃料电池发电系统的功率调节器以及汽车交流电源的隔离式升压DC-DC功率变换器。在低压大电流电源中，全桥电路是最具吸引力的拓扑，因为可以使用低压高性能金属氧化半导体场效应晶体管（MOSFET），并且能实现DC-DC功率变换器的高效率。为了能在大负载波动范围内实现软开关运行，新近在全桥移相PWMdc-dc变换器的输出级采用了包含续流二极管的抽头电感滤波器。在本文推荐的电路中，无需使用附加谐振电路和辅助功率变换器件就能有效降低循环电流。采用设置为1kW 100kHz的实验模板（使用功率MOSFET）对本文推荐的软开关dc-dc功率变换器的实际效率进行了实验室级别的试验。大工作比和负载变化范围内得到的实际效率为94～97％。