TY - JOUR
AU - Choi, Woojin
AB - A novel Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) quasi-resonant active-clamp phase-shifted full-bridge converter is presented and analyzed in this paper. In the proposed topology, an active-clamp switch and a clamp capacitor that resonates with the leakage inductance of transformer are employed at the secondary side. The active-clamp circuit helps all of the primary switches in achieving both zero-voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on and nearly zero-current switching (ZCS) turn-off over the entire load range, and resets the primary current during the freewheeling interval. The operation of the active-clamp circuit eliminates voltage ringing across the rectifier. In addition, the secondary diodes can achieve ZCS turn-off, which removes the reverse recovery problem of diodes, and the active-clamp switch can achieve ZCS turn-on. A 3.5-kW prototype was built to verify the performance of the proposed converter. A maximum efficiency of 97.6% was achieved under a 2-kW load, and an efficiency of more than 96% was achieved even under a light load.
TI - A Quasi-Resonant ZVZCS Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Converter with an Active Clamp in the Secondary Side
JF - Energies
DO - 10.3390/en11112868
DA - 2018-10-23
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/multidisciplinary-digital-publishing-institute/a-quasi-resonant-zvzcs-phase-shifted-full-bridge-converter-with-an-4BuO0CeFSR
SP - 2868
VL - 11
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -