DC-DC converter

Details DC-DC converter DC-DC converter

1999-03-22

2000-03-14

Nguyen, Matthew

Electric power conversion systems

Current conversion

Including d.c.-a.c.-d.c. converter

363 97, H02M 3335, H02M 542

Patent

active

060381442

ABSTRACT:
A DC-DC converter has improved electrical characteristics, including a voltage-reduction detection circuit and a zero-voltage switching control circuit. In the voltage-reduction detection circuit, in a period when a switching device is OFF, when a drain voltage of the switching device is reduced to an input voltage level, a voltage of a connection section of registers is allowed to reach a threshold voltage level to reverse a signal outputted from a NOR gate from a higher level to a lower level. In the zero-voltage switching control circuit, the signal reduced as above is received and a signal outputted from a NOR gate is reversed to a higher level, according to which a pulse-control signal outputted from a NOR gate to the switching device is reversed to a higher level to turn on the switching device. Since the output pulse-control signal from the NOR gate controls switching operations performed by the switching device, no switching loss occurs and zero-voltage switching can be performed; accordingly, short-circuit loss also does not occur.

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patent: 5175675 (1992-12-01), Uramoto
patent: 5412555 (1995-05-01), Uramoto
patent: 5499175 (1996-03-01), Noro
patent: 5923543 (1999-07-01), Choi

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