Operation Region Selector Circuit to Obtain Maximum Efficiency of 250 W Boost Converter

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riz Rifai O. Sasue ◽  
Eka Firmansyah ◽  
Suharyanto Suharyanto
Keyword(s):  
Load Condition ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Light Load ◽  
Zero Current Switching ◽  
Zero Current ◽  
Interleaved Boost Converter ◽  
Conduction Mode ◽  
Load Conditions

Interleaved boost converter gives good conversion efficiency due to its zero-current switching capability when operating in discontinuous conduction mode while keeping its input-output ripple current low. However, operating this kind of converter at interleaved operation for all the time gives poor efficiency under light-load condition. In this paper, an automatic operation region selector switch based on detection of the continuous or discontinuous current mode is proposed. With this switch, during the light-load condition, only one converter is activated, while during full-load condition both converters will be activated. The simulation results using LTspice software show that the proposed boost converter has a better efficiency compared to the conventional boost converter with efficiency range of 84.6 % to 95.32 % under various load conditions.

An Improved Zero Voltage Transition PWM Boost Converter with an Active Snubber Cell

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1650128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sevilay Cetin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Current Stress ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Turn On ◽  
Zero Current Switching ◽  
Zero Current ◽  
Voltage Stress ◽  
Zero Voltage

This study presents an improved zero voltage switching (ZVS) boost converter with an active snubber cell providing soft switched operation for all semiconductors. The active snubber cell reduces the reverse recovery loss of the boost diode and also provides the zero voltage transition (ZVT) Turn-on and ZVS Turn-off for the boost switch. The zero current switching (ZCS) Turn-on and ZVS Turn-off for the snubber switch is also achieved. All diodes in the converter can be operated with soft switching (SS). In the snubber cell, SS energy can be transfered effectively to the output by the use of a snubber inductor and a capacitor. This energy transfer allows the use of additional parallel connected capacitor to the boost switch to provide ZVS turning off. There is no additional voltage and current stress on the boost switch and boost diode. The voltage stress of the snubber switch is also limited by the output voltage and the current stress of the snubber switch is reduced by the energy transfer to the output. SS operating of the semiconductors is maintained at very wide load ranges. The operation of the proposed converter is presented with a detailed steady state analysis. The predicted theoretical analysis is validated by a prototype with 500[Formula: see text]W output power and 100[Formula: see text]kHz operating frequency. The measured maximum efficiency values are obtained as approximately 97% and 85.4% at full load and 10% load conditions, respectively.

A Dual-Mode High-Voltage High-Efficiency Peak-Current-Mode Asynchronous Buck Converter

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1650136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaohan Li ◽  
Yongcheng Ji ◽  
Shu Yang ◽  
Yuchun Chang
Keyword(s):  
High Voltage ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Load Condition ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Buck Converter ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Maximum Output ◽  
Peak Current ◽  
Light Load

This paper proposes a high-voltage high-efficiency peak-current-mode asynchronous DC–DC step-down converter operating with dual operation modes. The asynchronous buck converter achieves higher efficiency in light load condition compared to synchronous buck converters. Furthermore, the proposed buck converter switches operation mode automatically from pulse-width modulation (PWM) mode to pulse-skipping mode (PSM). By reducing power MOS on-state resistance and optimizing rise/fall time of switches, the proposed buck converter also obtains high efficiency under heavy load condition. The maximum efficiency of the proposed buck converter is 92.9%, implemented with 0.35[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m BCDMOS 2P3M process, and the total size is 1.1[Formula: see text] 1.2[Formula: see text]mm2. The input range and output range of the converter are 6–30 V, and ([Formula: see text]–3) V, respectively, with the maximum output current of 3 A. Moreover, its built-in current loop leads to good transient response characteristics. Therefore, it can be used widely in communication system and 12 V/24 V distributed power system.

scholarly journals Operation of Current-fed Dual Active Bridge DC-DC Converters for Microgrid

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 3167-3175
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Soft Switching ◽  
Switching Loss ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Dual Active Bridge ◽  
Light Load ◽  
Zero Current Switching ◽  
Zero Current ◽  
Cell Energy ◽  
Load Conditions

Dual Active Bridge (DAB) is an isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter, which comprises two full bridge converterslinked through a high frequency transformer. It haslow stresses and permits high frequency performance because of the soft-switching. All the switches in the converter achieves the turn ON & OFF during Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) and Zero Current Switching (ZCS) to minimize switching loss. Generally, DAB is classified as two types, namely, voltage-fed and current-fed variants. At light load conditions, soft-switching is not realized in case of voltage-fed DAB topologies. The application of current-fed DAB converters is to reduce the losses at the time of switching under light load conditions and improves the efficiency. This paper describes the various topologies of voltage-fed and current-fed DAB used for different applications in microgrid and fuel cell energy generation system by using the simulation. The performance of voltage-fed and current-fed DAB with snubber-less converters are also demonstrated and their effectiveness are validated

scholarly journals Two-Phase Interleaved Boost Converter with ZVT Turn-On for Main Switches and ZCS Turn-Off for Auxiliary Switches Based on One Resonant Loop

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeu-Torng Yau ◽  
Kuo-Ing Hwu ◽  
Wen-Zhuang Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Boost Converter ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Turn On ◽  
Zero Current Switching ◽  
Zero Current ◽  
Interleaved Boost Converter ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Zero Voltage ◽  
A Current

A two-phase interleaved boost converter with soft switching is proposed herein. By means of only one auxiliary circuit with two auxiliary switches having zero-current switching (ZCS) turn-on, two main switches are switched on with zero-voltage transition (ZVT) to enhance the overall efficiency. Moreover, a current-balancing circuit with a no current-balancing bus is utilized to render the load current extracted from the two phases as even as possible, so that the system stability is upgraded. In such a study, this converter, having the input of 24 V ± 10 % and the rated output of 36V/6A, was employed to demonstrate the effectiveness of such a converter by experiment.

scholarly journals Active Clamp Boost Converter with Blanking Time Tuning Considered

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 860
Author(s):  
Yeu-Torng Yau ◽  
Kuo-Ing Hwu ◽  
Yu-Kun Tai
Keyword(s):  
Boost Converter ◽  
Zero Current Switching ◽  
Active Clamp ◽  
Overall Efficiency ◽  
Auto Tuning ◽  
Voltage Spike ◽  
Resonant Inductor ◽  
Off Time ◽  
Conduction Mode ◽  
Time Point

An active clamp boost converter with blanking time auto-tuned is presented herein, and this is implemented by an additional auxiliary switch, an additional resonant inductor, and an additional active clamp capacitor as compared with the conventional boost converter. In this structure, both the main and auxiliary switches have zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on as well as the output diode has zero current switching (ZCS) turn-off, causing the overall efficiency of the converter to be upgraded. Moreover, as the active clamp circuit is adopted, the voltage spike on the main switch can be suppressed to some extent whereas, because of this structure, although the input inductor is designed in the continuous conduction mode (CCM), the output diode can operate with ZCS turn-off, leading to the resonant inductor operating in the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), hence there is no reverse recovery current during the turn-off period of the output diode. Furthermore, unlike the existing soft switching circuits, the auto-tuning technique based on a given look-up table is added to adjust the cut-off time point of the auxiliary switch to reduce the current flowing through the output diode, so that the overall efficiency is upgraded further. In this paper, basic operating principles, mathematic deductions, potential designs, and some experimental results are given. To sum up, the novelty of this paper is ZCS turn-off of the output diode, DCM operation of the resonant inductor, and auto-tuning of cut-off time point of the auxiliary switch. In addition, the efficiency of the proposed converter can be up to 96.9%.

scholarly journals Study on a Novel High-Efficiency Bridgeless PFC Converter

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Cao Taiqiang ◽  
Chen Zhangyong ◽  
Wang Jun ◽  
Sun Zhang ◽  
Luo Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Fast Recovery ◽  
Zero Current Switching ◽  
Zero Current ◽  
The One ◽  
Gain Characteristic ◽  
Conduction Mode

In order to implement a high-efficiency bridgeless power factor correction converter, a new topology and operation principles of continuous conduction mode (CCM) and DC steady-state character of the converter are analyzed, which show that the converter not only has bipolar-gain characteristic but also has the same characteristic as the traditional Boost converter, while the voltage transfer ratio is not related with the resonant branch parameters and switching frequency. Based on the above topology, a novel bridgeless Bipolar-Gain Pseudo-Boost PFC converter is proposed. With this converter, the diode rectifier bridge of traditional AC-DC converter is eliminated, and zero-current switching of fast recovery diode is achieved. Thus, the efficiency is improved. Next, we also propose the one-cycle control policy of this converter. Finally, experiments are provided to verify the accuracy and feasibility of the proposed converter.

scholarly journals A ZVS Bidirectional Inverting Buck-Boost Converter Using Coupled Inductors

Electronics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu-Feng Cheng ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Chengliang Yin
Keyword(s):  
Storage System ◽  
Core Loss ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Switching Loss ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Coupled Inductors ◽  
Light Load

The bidirectional inverting buck-boost converter (BIBBC) has a simple structure and a wide voltage ratio. It can be used in the battery supercapacitor hybrid energy storage system (BSHESS) and the motor drive system. However, the traditional continuous conduction mode (CCM) BIBBC will have severe switching loss. The triangular current mode (TCM) BIBBC can reduce the switching loss, but it will increase core loss and filter capacitance. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a new zero voltage switching (ZVS) BIBBC using a coupled inductor. This ZVS BIBBC will provide ZVS conditions for both transistors whether in positive operation or negative operation. Meanwhile, this ZVS BIBBC has small core losses and filter capacitance, and can be used simply. Finally, experimental results obtained from these BIBBC experimental prototypes are presented to validate the soft-switching achieving and the efficiency improvement performance. Experimental results show that both transistors of the ZVS BIBBC achieve ZVS turn-on conditions. The efficiency of the ZVS BIBBC increased by up to 10 percent compared to the traditional CCM BIBBC at heave load, and by up to 1.5 percent compared to the TCM BIBBC at a light load.

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