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Dual-Buck Full-Bridge Converter with Soft-Switching Characteristics for High-Precision Applications

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The output distortion of conventional full-bridge inverter is present due to the required switch blanking time. Dual-buck full-bridge inverter (DBFBI) does not experience blanking time problems but requires a bias current to make the inductors operate in continuous conduction mode (CCM) for better output waveform with interleaved switching. The existence of bias current will cause dc-biased magnetization of the inductors and make them easy to saturate. To overcome this problem, the volume of inductors must be sufficiently large to ensure that there is no saturation in CCM of inductors' operation. This article proposes extra snubber cells to realize soft-switching operation of the converter. The extra snubber cell DBFBI (ESCDBFBI) topology has the advantages of high-precision current output and much lower total inductor volume. The basic operation and properties of the ESCDBFBI topology are explained. Finally, an 800-W prototype of the proposed inverter is built and the experimental results agree with the theoretical analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9078749
Pages (from-to)3296-3306
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DC-biased magnetization
  • extra snubber cell dual-buck full-bridge inverter (ESCDBFBI)
  • low distortion
  • volume optimization

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