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A Study on Step Up-Down AC-DC Converter with DCM-ZVS of High Performance

고성능 DCM-ZVS 스텝 업-다운 AC-DC 컨버터에 관한 연구

  • Kwak, Dong-Kurl (Graduate School of Disaster Prevention / Dept. of Control Instrumentation Engineering, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2012.10.02
  • Accepted : 2012.11.19
  • Published : 2012.12.31

Abstract

This paper is studied on a new DCM-ZVS step up-down AC-DC converter of high performance, that is, high system efficiency and power factor correction (PFC). The switching devices in the proposed converter are operated by soft switching technique using a new quasi-resonant circuit, and are driven with discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) according to pulse width modulation (PWM). The quasi-resonant circuit uses a step up-down inductor and a loss-less snubber capacitor. The proposed converter with DCM also simplifies the requirement of control circuits and reduces the number of control components. The input AC current waveform in the proposed converter becomes a quasi-sinusoidal waveform proportional to the magnitude of input AC voltage under constant switching frequency. As a result, the proposed converter obtains low switching power loss and high efficiency, and its input power factor is nearly in unity. The validity of the analytical findings is confirmed by some computer simulation results and experimental results.

본 논문에서는 고효율과 고역률을 위한 새로운 DCM-ZVS 스텝 업-다운 AC-DC 컨버터에 대해 연구된다. 제안한 DCM-ZVS 컨버터에 사용된 스위칭 소자들은 새로운 유사공진 회로에 의해 소프트 스위칭 기법으로 동작되고, 펄스폭변조(PWM) 방식에 의한 전류불연속모드(DCM)로 구동된다. 제안한 컨버터의 유사공진 회로는 스텝 업-다운 인덕터와 무손실 스너버 커패시터로 구성되고, 또한 DCM에 의해 제어회로 기법과 제어회로 구성이 간단한 장점이 주어진다. 입력 교류 전류파형은 일정 스위칭 주파수에 의한 교류 입력전압의 크기에 비례한 유사 정현파형으로 된다. 그 결과, 제안한 DCM-ZVS 컨버터는 낮은 스위칭 손실과 고효율을 얻을 수 있으며, 컨버터의 입력역률은 거의 단위역률로 된다. 해석적 결과의 타당성은 다양한 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션과 실험 결과를 통해 입증된다.

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