• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.361-370
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• 2006

A single-stage single-switch flyback converter with synchronous rectifier is proposed. The proposed single-stage single-switch technique meets the IEC 61000-3-2 harmonic requirements. The proposed SR is the voltage driven synchronous rectifier (VDSR) which operates depending on the voltage drop across the drain and source of the MOSFET. Experimental results for the 85W (12V /7.1A) proposed converter are shown.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.217-225
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• 2014

This paper deals with the optimization of the driving techniques for the ZVT synchronous buck converter proposed in [1]. Two new gate drive circuits are proposed to allow this converter to operate by only one control signal as a 12V voltage regulator module (VRM). Voltage-driven method is applied for the synchronous rectifier. In addition, the control signal drives the main and auxiliary switches by one driving circuit. Both of the circuits are supplied by the input voltage. As a result, no supply voltage is required. This approach decreases both the complexity and cost in converter hardware implementation and is suitable for practical applications. In addition, the proposed SR driving scheme can also be used for many high frequency resonant converters and some high frequency discontinuous current mode PWM circuits. The ZVT synchronous buck converter with new gate drive circuits is analyzed and the presented experimental results confirm the theoretical analysis.