Class E high-frequency high-efficiency dc/dc power converter

Details Class E high-frequency high-efficiency dc/dc power converter Class E high-frequency high-efficiency dc/dc power converter

1984-04-17

1986-08-19

Salce, Patrick R.

Electric power conversion systems

Current conversion

With condition responsive means to control the output...

330 10, 330251, 333 32, 363 21, H02M 719, H03F 114

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active

046073230

ABSTRACT:
A Class E switching-mode dc/dc power converter is obtained by adding a rectifier circuit at the output of a Class E dc/ac power inverter. It can operate at high efficiency at high switching frequencies. Further, the power switch is not subjected to high power dissipation or high second-breakdown stress while it is switching between the "on" and "off" states, even if the dc load on the power converter varies over a very wide range, e.g., from open-circuit to short-circuit. The high efficiency is achieved by shaping the waveforms of switch voltage and switch current so that the transitions of those two waveforms are displaced in time from each other. Then the power switch does not experience simultaneously high voltage and high current while switching. High efficiency and low stress on the switch are achieved under all load conditions by interposing a matching network between the output of the Class E dc/ac inverter and the input of the rectifier circuit. That matching network transforms the rectifier input impedance in such a way that the impedance presented to the output of the Class E dc/ac inverter is always in the range which generates switch voltage and current waveforms that yield low power dissipation and low second-breakdown stress during switching, for any value of dc load resistance at the output of the rectifier.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3919656 (1975-11-01), Sokal et al.
patent: 4323959 (1982-04-01), Check

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