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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/JEET.2016.11.6.1634

Analysis and Design of a Current-fed Two Inductor Bi-directional DC/DC Converter using Resonance for a Wide Voltage Range  

Noh, Yong-Su (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Bum-Jun (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Choi, Sung-Chon (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Do-Yun (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Won, Chung-Yuen (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology / v.11, no.6, 2016 , pp. 1634-1644 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a current-fed two-inductor bi-directional DC/DC converter using resonance (CF-TIBCR) and its design method are proposed. The CF-TIBCR has characteristics of low current ripple and a high current rating because of two separated inductors. Also, it achieves zero voltage switching for all switches and zero current switching for switches of a low voltage stage by using the resonant tank. Besides, a voltage spike problem in conventional current-fed converters is solved without the need for an additional snubber or clamping circuits. As a result, the CF-TIBCR features high step-up and high efficiency. Since the proposed converter has difficulty achieving the soft-switching condition when the converter requires the low voltage transfer ratio, a method that varies the number of resonant cycles is adopted to extend the output voltage range with satisfying the soft-switching condition. The principles of the operation characteristics are presented with a theoretical analysis, and the proposed converter is verified through results of an experiment using a laboratory prototype.
Keywords
Current-fed DC/DC converter; Zero voltage switching (ZVS); Zero current switching (ZCS); Resonance; Wide voltage range;
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