Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – Including d.c.-a.c.-d.c. converter
Patent
1995-07-24
1996-08-13
Wong, Peter S.
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
Including d.c.-a.c.-d.c. converter
363 98, 363132, H02M 3335
Patent
active
055462944
ABSTRACT:
Low-power auxiliary circuitry is added to a resonant converter for providing high efficiency operation, low EMI, and tight output voltage control over a wide load range. There is an auxiliary circuit corresponding to each half-bridge connection of main switching devices, each auxiliary circuit including a half-bridge connection of auxiliary switching devices with the junction therebetween coupled to the junction between the main switching devices of the corresponding half-bridge. Under heavy load conditions, sufficient energy is stored in the main resonant inductor to commutate the junctions joining the main switching devices in the resonant converter, resulting in zero-voltage switching for the main switching devices. Under light load conditions, a phase shift is introduced between the corresponding main and auxiliary switching devices, and the auxiliary resonant inductor currents are increased to a level sufficient for the sum of the main resonant inductor current and the corresponding auxiliary resonant inductor current to provide zero-voltage switching for all the bridge switching devices.
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Schutten Michael J.
Steigerwald Robert L.
Vlatkovic Vlatko
Breedlove Jill M.
General Electric Company
Snyder Marvin
Vu Bao Q.
Wong Peter S.
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