scholarly journals Feasibility of Quasi-Square-Wave Zero-Voltage-Switching Bi-Directional DC/DC Converters with GaN HEMTs

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2867
Author(s):  
Furkan Karakaya ◽  
Özgür Gülsuna ◽  
Ozan Keysan
Keyword(s):  
Power Density ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Passive Component ◽  
High Electron ◽  
Square Wave ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Gan Hemts ◽  
Zero Voltage ◽  
Voltage Switching

There are trade-offs for each power converter design which are mainly dictated by the switching component and passive component ratings. Recent power electronic devices such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistors can improve the application range of power converter topologies with lower conduction and switching losses. These new capabilities brought by the GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) inevitably changes the feasible operation ranges of power converters. This paper investigates the feasibility of Buck and Boost based bi-directional DC/DC converter which utilizes Quasi-Square-Wave (QSW) Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) on GaN HEMTs. The proposed converter applies a high-switching frequency at high output power to maximize the power density at the cost of high current ripple with high frequency of operation which requires a design strategy for the passive components. An inductor design methodology is performed to operate at 28 APP with a switching frequency of 450 kHz. In order to minimize the high ripple current stress on the output capacitors an interleaving is performed. Finally, the proposed bi-directional converter is operated at 5.4 kW with 5.24 kW/L or 85.9 W/in3 volumetric power density with air-forced cooling. The converter performance is verified for buck and boost modes and full load efficiencies are recorded as 97.7% and 98.7%, respectively.

A Novel Soft Switching Based Fuzzy Logic Control for Single Phase Inverter

2014 ◽  
Vol 573 ◽  
pp. 143-149
Author(s):  
N. Ismayil Kani ◽  
B.V. Manikandan ◽  
Prabakar Perciyal
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Soft Switching ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Pwm Inverter ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Zero Voltage ◽  
Voltage Switching

—This The Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) DC-to-AC inverter has been widely used in many applications due to its circuit simplicity and rugged control scheme. It is however driven by a hard-switching pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter, which has low switching frequency, high switching loss, high electro-magnetic interference (EMI), high acoustic noise and low efficiency, etc. To solve these problems of the hard-switching inverter, many soft-switching inverters have been designed in the past. Unfortunately, high device voltage stress, large dc link voltage ripples, complex control scheme and so on are noticed in the existing soft-switching inverters. This proposed work overcomes the above problems with simple circuit topology and all switches work in zero-voltage switching condition. Comparative analysis between conventional open loop, PI and fuzzy logic based soft switching inverter is also presented and discussed. Keywords—Zero voltage switching, Inverter, Dc link, PI controller, Fuzzy logic system control ,Modulation strategy, Soft switching

DCM-Based Zero-Voltage Switching Control of a Bidirectional DC–DC Converter With Variable Switching Frequency

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 3273-3288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tine Konjedic ◽  
Lucijan Korosec ◽  
Mitja Truntic ◽  
Carlos Restrepo ◽  
Miran Rodic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Switching Control ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Zero Voltage ◽  
Voltage Switching

scholarly journals Output Voltage Control of the SP topology IPT system based on Primary side Controller operating at ZVS

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
Supapong Nutwong ◽  
Anawach Sangswang ◽  
Sumate Naetiladdanon ◽  
Ekkachai Mujjalinvimut
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Coupling Model ◽  
Mutual Inductance ◽  
Switching Frequency ◽  
System Efficiency ◽  
Inductive Power Transfer ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Zero Voltage ◽  
Voltage Switching

This paper presents a technique to control the output voltage of a series-parallel (SP) topology inductive power transfer (IPT) system using only a controller, located on the primary side. This reduces the cost, size, complexity and loss of the system compared to conventional IPT dual-side controllers. An asymmetrical duty cycle control (ADC) of full-bridge inverters was used to control the DC output voltage to its designed value. Additionally, a zero voltage switching (ZVS) operation can be obtained at all power levels by varying the switching frequency of the inverter. Theoretical analysis was performed through a mutual inductance coupling model and verified by computer simulation. Experimental results of the circular magnetic structure IPT system with an adjustable air-gap confirm the validity of the proposed controller. The system efficiency was improved throughout the operation and the improvement became obvious as the output power was decreased.

scholarly journals A Bilateral Zero-Voltage Switching Bidirectional DC-DC Converter with Low Switching Noise

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chien-Chun Huang ◽  
Tsung-Lin Tsai ◽  
Yao-Ching Hsieh ◽  
Huang-Jen Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Power Converter ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Switching Noise ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
Switching Power ◽  
Bidirectional Converter ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Power Switches ◽  
Zero Voltage ◽  
Voltage Switching

This paper proposes a novel bilateral zero-voltage switching (ZVS) bidirectional converter with synchronous rectification. By controlling the direction and timing of excessive current injection, the main power switches can achieve bilateral ZVS under various loads and output voltages. Compared with the common soft-switching power converter with only zero-voltage turn-on, the proposed bilateral ZVS bidirectional converter can achieve both zero-voltage switching on and off in every switching cycle. This feature can alleviate the output switching noise due to the controlled rising and falling slope of the switch voltage. Furthermore, the voltage slopes almost remain unchanged over a wide range of output voltages and load levels. The most important feature of bilateral ZVS is to reduce the output switching noise. Experimental results based on a 1 kW prototype are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed converter. From experimental results on the proposed scheme, the switching noise reduction is about 75%.

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