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A Quasi-Resonant ZVZCS Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Converter with an Active Clamp in the Secondary Side

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  • Duong Tran

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Soongsil University, 369 Sang-doro, Seoul, Korea)

  • Nam Vu

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Soongsil University, 369 Sang-doro, Seoul, Korea)

  • Woojin Choi

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Soongsil University, 369 Sang-doro, Seoul, Korea)

Abstract

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.

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  • Duong Tran & Nam Vu & Woojin Choi, 2018. "A Quasi-Resonant ZVZCS Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Converter with an Active Clamp in the Secondary Side," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-21, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:11:p:2868-:d:177757
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