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Triple bridge DC/DC converter and control method for wide port voltage range applications

  • Shenzhen Academy of Aerospace Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen

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Abstract

Triple Bridge DC/DC Converter (TBC) with three bidirectional ports is a simplified cascaded Four-switch Buck-Boost converter, it has three active power switches and three synchronous rectifiers (SRs). TBC has several advantages such as high integration, steady output voltage and lower voltage stress across the power devices. TBC can operate with wide input/output port voltage range and bi-directional energy flow through any two ports. The three active power switches can be controlled independently, thus three freedoms, i.e. the duty cycles of the switches, are available to regulate the port voltage, thus leading to the proposed modulation and control strategies for wide port voltage range and high efficiency applications. With the proposed control method, TBC works in Boost mode in lower voltage region and Buck mode in higher voltage region, respectively. Only one of the active power switch and its corresponding SRs, is switched with high frequency, the other one is fully on or off, so the total switching loss is reduced. One more region is introduced when the port voltage is located around the output voltage, TBC will work in Buck-Boost mode with all the switches operating with lower frequency. Finally, experimental verifications are given to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed topology and control method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2059-2064
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538694909
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 19 Jun 201921 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019

Conference

Conference14th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period19/06/1921/06/19

Keywords

  • Buck-Boost
  • DC/DC conversion
  • Multi-port converter
  • Synchronous rectification

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