Chapter 9
Zero-Voltage or Zero-Current Switchings
• converters for soft switching
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Chapter 9 Resonant Converters
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One Inverter Leg
• The output current can be positive or negative
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Hard Switching Waveforms
• The output current can be positive or negative
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Turn-on and Turn-off Snubbers
• Turn-off snubbers are used
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Switching Trajectories
• Comparison of Hard versus soft switching
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Undamped Series-Resonant Circuit
• The waveforms shown include initial conditions
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Series-Resonant Circuit with
Capacitor-Parallel Load
• The waveforms shown include initial conditions
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Impedance of a Series-Resonant Circuit
• The impedance is capacitive below the
resonance frequency
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Undamped Parallel-Resonant Circuit
• Excited by a current source
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Impedance of a Parallel-Resonant Circuit
• The impedance is inductive at below the
resonant frequency
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Series Load Resonant (SLR) Converter
• The transformer is ignored in this equivalent
circuit
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SLR Converter Waveforms
• The operating frequency is below one-half the
resonance frequency
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SLR Converter Waveforms
• The operating frequency is in between one-half the
resonance frequency and the resonance frequency
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SLR Converter Waveforms
• The operating frequency is above the resonance
frequency
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Lossless Snubbers in SLR Converters
• The operating frequency is above the resonance
frequency
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SLR Converter Characteristics
• Output Current as a function of operating
frequency for various values of the output voltage
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SLR Converter Control
• The operating frequency is varied to regulate the
output voltage
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Parallel Load Resonant (PLR) Converter
• The transformer is ignored in this equivalent
circuit
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PLR Converter Waveforms
• The current is in a discontinuous conduction
mode
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PLR Converter Waveforms
• The operating frequency is below the resonance
frequency
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PLR Converter Waveforms
• The operating frequency is above the resonance
frequency
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PLR Converter Characteristics
• Output voltage as a function of operating
frequency for various values of the output current
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Hybrid-Resonant DC-DC Converter
• Combination of series and parallel resonance
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9-23
Parallel-Resonant Current-Source Converter
• Basic circuit to illustrate the operating principle
at the fundamental frequency
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Parallel-Resonant Current-Source Converter
• Using thyristors; for induction heating
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Class-E Converters
Optimum mode
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Class-E Converters
Non-Optimum
mode
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Resonant Switch Converters
Classifications
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ZCS Resonant-Switch Converter
• One possible implementation
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ZCS Resonant-Switch Converter
• Waveforms; voltage is regulated by varying the
switching frequency
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ZCS Resonant-Switch Converter
• A practical circuit
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ZVS Resonant-Switch Converter
• Serious limitations
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ZVS Resonant-Switch Converter
• Waveforms
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MOSFET Internal Capacitances
• These capacitances affect the MOSFET switching
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ZVS-CV DC-DC Converter
• The inductor current must reverse direction
during each switching cycle
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ZVS-CV DC-DC Converter
• One transition is shown
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ZVS-CV Principle Applied to DC-AC Inverters
• Very large ripple in the output current
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Three-Phase ZVS-CV DC-AC Inverter
• Very large ripple in the output current
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Output Regulation by Voltage Control
• Each pole operates at nearly 50% duty-ratio
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ZVS-CV with Voltage Cancellation
• Commonly used
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Resonant DC-Link Inverter
• The dc-link voltage
is made to oscillate
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Three-Phase Resonant DC-Link Inverter
• Modifications have been proposed
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High-Frequency-Link Inverter
• Basic principle for selecting integral half-cycles of the
high-frequency ac input
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High-Frequency-Link Inverter
• Low-frequency ac output is synthesized by selecting
integral half-cycles of the high-frequency ac input
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High-Frequency-Link Inverter
• Shows how to implement such an inverter
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