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http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/JPE.2019.19.4.846

ZVT Series Capacitor Interleaved Buck Converter with High Step-Down Conversion Ratio  

Chen, Zhangyong (School of Automation Engineering, Institute for Electric Vehicle Driving System and Safety Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)
Chen, Yong (School of Automation Engineering, Institute for Electric Vehicle Driving System and Safety Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)
Jiang, Wei (School of Automation Engineering, Institute for Electric Vehicle Driving System and Safety Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)
Yan, Tiesheng (School of Electrical Engineering and Electronic Information, Xihua University)
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Journal of Power Electronics / v.19, no.4, 2019 , pp. 846-857 More about this Journal
Abstract
Voltage step-down converters are very popular in distributed power systems, voltage regular modules, electric vehicles, etc. However, a high step-down voltage ratio is required in many applications to prevent the traditional buck converter from operating at extreme duty cycles. In this paper, a series capacitor interleaved buck converter with a soft switching technique is proposed. The DC voltage ratio of the proposed converter is half that of the traditional buck converter and the voltage stress across the one main switch and the diodes is reduced. Moreover, by paralleling the series connected auxiliary switch and the auxiliary inductor with the main inductor, zero voltage transition (ZVT) of the main switches can be obtained without increasing the voltage or current stress of the main power switches. In addition, zero current turned-on and zero current switching (ZCS) of the auxiliary switches can be achieved. Furthermore, owing to the presence of the auxiliary inductor, the turned-off rate of the output diodes can be limited and the reverse-recovery switching losses of the diodes can be reduced. Thus, the efficiency of the proposed converter can be improved. The DC voltage gain ratio, soft switching conditions and a design guideline for the critical parameters are given in this paper. A loss analysis of the proposed converter is shown to demonstrate its advantages over traditional converter topologies. Finally, experimental results obtained from a 100V/10V prototype are presented to verify the analysis of the proposed converter.
Keywords
Loss analysis; Series capacitor buck converter; Zero current switching; Zero voltage transition;
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