• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.883-893
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• 2016

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the spurious turn-on phenomena in phase-shifted full-bridge (PSFB) converters. The conventional analysis of the spurious turn-on phenomenon does not establish in the PSFB converter as realizing zero voltage switching (ZVS). Firstly, a circuit model is proposed taking into account the parasitic capacitors and inductors of the transistors, as well as the parasitic elements of the power circuit loop. Second, an exhaustive investigation into the impact of all these parasitic elements on the spurious turn-on is conducted. It has been found that the spurious turn-on phenomenon is mainly attributed to the parasitic inductors of the power circuit loop, while the parasitic inductors of the transistors have a weak impact on this phenomenon. In addition, the operation principle of the PSFB converter makes the leading and lagging legs have distinguished differences with respect to the spurious turn-on problems. Design guidelines are given based on the theoretical analysis. Finally, detailed simulation and experimental results obtained with a 1.5 kW PSFB converter are given to validate proposed analysis.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1177-1182
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• 2018

We designed a 500W zero voltage switching DC / DC converter operating at 100Mhz with phase shift topology using UCC3895 driver. The dead time of the UCC3895 driver is designed so that the leading and lagging leg of the full bridge can be driven separately. So, the dead time can be given between the two legs separately. The dead time, which is an asymmetrical relationship between the two legs, enables the implementation of zero voltage switching. This paper proposed a negative feedback circuit design method for stable output voltage. The maximum efficiency of the prototype was 95.5% at $500{\Omega}$ load.