Implementation of zero current switch turn-ON based buck-boost-buck type rectifier for low power applications

A single-stage single-switch AC–DC integrated converter is proposed in this paper, as a tight DC voltage regulator with unity input power factor for the fundamental component of the input current. Proposed converter is formed by the integration of buck-boost configuration with a buck converter operated by a single switch. The buck-boost section of the proposed configuration is operated in current discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) to get unity input power factor at the supply terminals and the buck section is operated up to boundary current conduction mode (BCM). The features acquired by the converter operating in complete discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) are unity input power factor, zero-current turn-ON for the Switch, fast and good DC output voltage regulation with extensive conversion range and low voltage stress on the switch. Additionally, the intermediate capacitor voltage stress is independent of converter load variations and so the switch also is subjected to constant peak voltage stress. A comprehensive study is carried out to obtain the necessary design equations. A design model is implemented using simulation and hardware. The results confirm the performance of the proposed configuration.     

A single-stage power-factor-correction converter with simple linkvoltage suppressing circuit (LVSC)

A single-stage power-factor-correction AC/DC converter with a simple link voltage suppressing circuit (LVSC) for the universal line application is proposed. A portion of the energy charged in a boost inductor is directly transferred to a load via LVSC without passing the link capacitor. Using simple circuitry, a low link voltage can be realized without input current deadbands at line zero crossings. The proposed converter is analyzed and design guidelines for the proper operation of a converter are given. A universal input (90-265-V_rms ) prototype converter with 5-V 12-A output is implemented to verify performance. The experimental results show that the maximum link voltage stress and efficiency are about 447 V and 81%, respectively. The power factor is above 0.96 under the universal line condition when the load is higher than 30%     

A unity power factor resonant AC/DC converter for high-frequencyspace power distribution system

This paper presents analysis and design of a resonant AC/DC converter topology, suitable for use in an advanced single-phase, sine-wave voltage, high-frequency power distribution system of the type that was proposed for a 20 kHz space station primary electrical power distribution system. The converter comprises a transformer, a double-tuned resonant network comprising of series- and parallel-tuned branches, a controlled rectifier, and an output filter. Symmetrical phase control technique that generates fundamental AC current in phase with the input voltage is employed. Steady-state analysis of the converter in continuous current mode of operation is provided, and the performance characteristics presented. The proposed converter has close-to-unity rated power factor (greater than 0.98), a wide range of output voltage control (0%-100%), low total harmonic distortion in input current (less than 8%), and high conversion efficiency. Finally, selected experimental results of a bread-board converter are presented     

High-precision current source using low-loss, single-switch,three-phase AC/DC converter

A three-phase AC/DC converter based on isolated Cuk topology feeding an inductive load is presented. The main goal is to get a compact, highly stable current source to feed an electromagnet. A high power factor is achieved, at constant duty-cycle and switching frequency, by discontinuous input current mode operation. The converter presents a linear relationship between the duty-cycle and the output current, making it easier to design the control system. Additionally the voltage stress on the power transistor is constant and does not depend on the duty-cycle. An auxiliary circuit allows zero voltage turn-off while limiting the over-voltage on the switch produced by the transformer leakage inductance. Pulse-width modulation (PWM) control is used to reduce sensitivity to line disturbances and to eliminate the 300-Hz ripple on the output current. Experimental measurements taken on a 400-W prototype confirm theoretical forecasts     

Self-oscillating resonant AC/DC converter topology for inputpower-factor correction

This paper presents the analysis and design of a single-phase single-stage high-power-factor AC/DC converter employing a series-parallel resonant topology operating in self-sustained oscillating mode. A control approach is proposed to achieve low total harmonic distortion of the input current. This approach does not require sensing of the input current. In addition, the inverter output current is limited during transients, and the converter operates with zero voltage switching for all operating conditions including open and short circuit. The performance of the proposed scheme is verified experimentally on a 500 W prototype     

A single-switch AC-DC converter with power factor correction

A new single-stage, single-switch power factor correction converter with output electrical isolation is proposed in this paper. The topology of this converter is derived by combining a boost circuit and a forward circuit in one power stage. To improve the performance of the AC-DC converter (i.e., good power factor correction, low total harmonic distortion (THD) and low DC bus voltage), two bulk storage capacitors are adopted. Its excellent line regulation capability makes the converter suitable for universal input application. Due to its simplified power stage and control circuit, this converter presents a better efficiency, lower cost and higher reliability. Detailed steady state analysis and design procedure are presented. To verify the performance of the proposed converter, a design example along with P-simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (PSPICE) simulation and experimental implementation are given. The measured power factor and efficiency are 99% and 87% at low line (i.e. 110 VAC) operation, and 95% and 81% at high line (i.e. 220 VAC) operation, respectively     

Novel Current-Mode AC/AC Converters With High-Frequency AC Link

A novel circuit-topology family of the current-mode AC/AC converter with high-frequency AC link, based on a Flyback converter, is proposed. These circuit topologies, which can transfer one unregulated sinusoidal voltage with high total harmonic distortion (THD) into another regulated constant-frequency sinusoidal voltage with low THD, are composed of input cycloconverter, high-frequency storage transformer, and output cycloconverter. The circuit-topology family includes single four-quadrant power switch mode, push-pull mode, half-bridge mode, and full-bridge mode circuits. The single four-quadrant power switch mode and push-pull mode converters are suitable for low input voltage fields, but the half-bridge mode and full-bridge mode converters are suitable for high input voltage fields. The operational mode, steady principle, and transient voltage feedback control strategy of the kind of converter are investigated. The output characteristic curve, its relation to internal resistance, and the design criteria for the key circuit parameters are given. The theoretical analysis and the test result of the 500 VA 220 V 15% 50 HzAC/220 V 50 HzAC prototype have shown that the converters have advantages such as high-frequency galvanic isolation, simple topology, two-stage power conversion [low frequency alternating current (LFAC)/high frequency alternating current (HFAC)/LFAC], bidirectional power flow, high efficiency, high power density, low THD of the output voltage, strong adaptability to various loads, higher line power factor, low audio noise, etc.     

Analysis and design considerations of a load and line independent zero voltage switching full bridge DC/DC converter topology

The analysis and design of a zero voltage switching (ZVS) full bridge DC/DC power converter topology is presented in this paper. The converter topology presented here employs an asymmetrical auxiliary circuit consisting of a few passive components. With this auxiliary circuit, the full bridge converter can achieve ZVS independent of line and load conditions. The operating principle of the circuit is demonstrated, and the steady state analysis is performed. Based on the analysis, a criterion for optimal design is given. Experiment and simulation on a 350-400 V to 55 V, 500 W prototype converter operated at 100 kHz verify the design and show an overall efficiency of greater than 97% at full load.     

Analysis and design of a single-stage single-switch bi-flyback ac/dc converter

An analysis and design of single-stage, single-switch bi-flyback ac/dc converter is presented. The main flyback stage controls the output power from the link capacitor voltage with Discontinuous Conduction Mode (DCM) or Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM) operation, while an auxiliary flyback stage supplies the power to the output directly from ac line input with DCM operation.

This scheme can effectively reduce the voltage stress on the link capacitor and can achieve the power factor correction (PFC) without a dead band at line zero-crossings, which reduces the harmonic distortion in ac line current. Theoretical analysis of the converter is presented and design guidelines to select circuit components are given. The experimental results on a 60?W (15?V, 4?A), 100?kHz ac/dc converter show that maximum link voltage and maximum efficiency are around 415?V and 82%, respectively. The power factor is above 0.96 under universal line input and load conditions.     

Asymmetrical pulse-width-modulated resonant DC/DC convertertopologies

This paper presents asymmetrical pulse-width-modulated (APWM) DC/DC resonant converter topologies that exhibit near-zero switching losses while operating at constant and very high frequencies. The converters include a bridged chopper to convert the DC input voltage to a high-frequency unidirectional AC voltage, which in turn is fed to a high-frequency transformer through a resonant circuit. The bridged chopper has two switches that alternately conduct. The duty cycles of the conduction of the switches are complementary with one another and are varied to control the output voltage. Three resonant circuit configurations suitable for this type of control are presented. Frequency domain analysis of the converter is given, and performance characteristics are presented. Experimental results for a 48-5 V, 30 W converter show an efficiency of 88% at a constant operating frequency of 1 MHz     

A simple control technique for single-SEPIC converter based multiple output SMPS with fully regulated and isolated outputs

Switched mode power supplies (SMPS) with multiple outputs are commonly used for powering up personal computers and many other consumer electronic appliances. Multiple output SMPS circuits normally employ several DC/DC converters for regulating the voltage in each of the outputs. In this paper, a single single ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC) is used to obtain multiple isolated and regulated DC outputs from a single unregulated DC input, so that the reliability and cost effectiveness of the system can be enhanced. Considering that a large number of SMPS are being used in various applications, it is essential to maintain good power quality at the AC mains side of the SMPS circuit adhering to the international standards. Average current control mode has been used in this paper to achieve unity power factor and sinusoidal current at the input side. A novel weighted error approach has been proposed to achieve excellent voltage regulation at all the outputs of the SMPS irrespective of the load variations and input supply fluctuations. The proposed system has been designed and simulated in a PSIM environment and implemented in hardware. The results obtained show an enhanced performance of the power supply in terms of its output voltage regulation and input power quality.     

Design and performance evaluation of low-voltage/high-current DC/DCon-board modules

The topology selection, design, and performance evaluation of an on-board DC/DC converter, which delivers power from a 48 V input to a 1.2-1.65 V/70 A microprocessor load, are presented. It was shown that the symmetrical half-bridge topology with the current doubler and synchronous rectifiers is a suitable approach for this application. The measured full-load efficiency of a 200 kHz experimental half-bridge converter was higher than 82% in the entire output and input voltage range     

New zero voltage switching DC converter with flying capacitors

A new soft switching converter is presented for medium power applications. Two full-bridge converters are connected in series at high voltage side in order to limit the voltage stress of power switches at V_in/2. Therefore, power metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) with 600 V voltage rating can be adopted for 1200 V input voltage applications. In order to balance two input split capacitor voltages in every switching cycle, two flying capacitors are connected on the AC side of two full-bridge converters. Phase-shift pulse-width modulation (PS-PWM) is adopted to regulate the output voltage. Based on the resonant behaviour by the output capacitance of MOSFETs and the resonant inductance, active MOSFETs can be turned on under zero voltage switching (ZVS) during the transition interval. Thus, the switching losses of power MOSFETs are reduced. Two full-bridge converters are used in the proposed circuit to share load current and reduce the current stress of passive and active components. The circuit analysis and design example of the prototype circuit are provided in detail and the performance of the proposed converter is verified by the experiments.     

Low output voltage AC/DC converter with a new scheme of synchronous rectification that complies with IEC 1000-3-2 regulations

The aim of this paper is to study the performance of an AC/DC converter with low output voltage and low input current harmonic content. In order to obtain low output voltages with a high efficiency, synchronous rectification is mandatory. When the output voltage is low, it is very difficult to use self-driven synchronous rectification and additional windings are used to properly drive the metal oxide semiconductor field effect transmitters (MOSFETs). Besides this, IEC 1000-3-2 regulations impose low input current harmonic contents for power levels higher than 75 W. In this paper, a recently proposed synchronous rectification scheme is combined with a modified input current shaper to design a 100 W, 3.3 V AC/DC converter that complies with IEC 1000-3-2 regulations. The efficiency obtained in the prototype was very high for this application (86%) and both the size increase and the cost increase were quite low in comparison with the original topology with no synchronous rectification and no IEC 1000-3-2 compliance.     

Current-clamped, modified series resonant DC-link power converterfor a general purpose induction motor drive

A new AC/AC power converter topology, in which all the switches operate in a resonant fashion to reduce switching losses, is proposed. The topology enables conduction-period control of individual current pulses, whereby pulse-width modulation (PWM) could be achieved to a fair degree of accuracy with the associated controller. The scheme implements current peak (resonant) limiting by a simple diode clamp. Improved switch utilization (voltage × current) and reduced part-count could be cited as the merits of the circuit over the previous soft-switched current-sourced AC/AC configurations. It is experimentally verified that the output PWM controller could be used to implement constant V/F operation, and the results are presented. In-depth design criteria for the topology that gives optimized voltage stresses are presented. A charge-based, line current feed-forward, mode-controller is introduced at the input and digitally verified. Feasibility of the simultaneous control over both input power-factor and smooth input-output line currents are studied and the digital verification is presented     

基于电驱动钻机的交流电子负载的研究

基于现代电力电子技术,深入研究能量回馈式的交流电子负载的主电路结构和控制策略。主电路采用AC／DC／AC拓扑,并选用电压型PWM整流器构成其输入、输出变流器。提出了一种基于DSP的交流电子负载的控制策略。     

A low frequency AC to high frequency AC inverter with build-in power factor correction and soft-switching

This paper presents a full bridge AC-AC inverter for high frequency power distribution system with power factor correction stage controlled by a unified controller. The proposed inverter has the following features: 1) load independent output voltage with constant frequency and very low total harmonic distortion (THD); 2) soft switching of the full bridge switches for a wide range of input voltage and load conditions; 3) low DC bus voltage; 4) simple control and cost effectiveness for the power factor correction stage. Operating principles and performance characteristics are presented, and guidance to design the converter is given. Experimental results of a 90-265V/sub ac/ input, 30 V/sub ac/ output at 100 kHz, 250 W laboratory prototype are given to verify the theoretical and simulation results. The proposed ac-ac inverter is attractive for low power (up to 250 W) high frequency applications.     

An isolated bridgeless AC-DC PFC converter using a LC resonant voltage doubler rectifier

This paper proposed an isolated bridgeless AC–DC power factor correction (PFC) converter using a LC resonant voltage doubler rectifier. The proposed converter is based on isolated conventional single-ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC) PFC converter. The conduction loss of rectification is reduced than a conventional one because the proposed converter is designed to eliminate a full-bridge rectifier at an input stage. Moreover, for zero-current switching (ZCS) operation and low voltage stresses of output diodes, the secondary of the proposed converter is designed as voltage doubler with a LC resonant tank. Additionally, an input–output electrical isolation is provided for safety standard. In conclusion, high power factor is achieved and efficiency is improved. The operational principles, steady-state analysis and design equations of the proposed converter are described in detail. Experimental results from a 60 W prototype at a constant switching frequency 100 kHz are presented to verify the performance of the proposed converter.     

基于模块化多电平拓扑的谐振变换器设计

在海洋科学研究和海洋观测领域中,水下系统的供电方式大多是岸基负高压传输到海底接驳设备。海底接驳设备中的功率变换器将岸基电源的数千伏至十几千伏的直流高压转换成低压375 V供海底设备供电。针对变换器高电压输入、宽电压范围输入及输入输出电压变比大的技术难点,提出了模块化多电平的LLC谐振变换器拓扑结构,文中对变换器进行了模型搭建和电路仿真,并完成了一台40 kW工程样机的设计,最后根据仿真和实验结果验证了模块化多电平谐振变换器工作原理的正确性及可行性。     

A new topology for unipolar brushless DC motor drive with high power factor

A new converter topology is proposed for driving a permanent magnet brushless DC (BLDC) motor with unipolar currents. It is based on a front-end single-ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC) and a switch in series with each phase. All the switches are ground-referenced, which simplifies their gate drives. The available input voltage can be boosted for better current regulation, which is an advantage for low voltage applications. For operation with an AC supply, the SEPIC converter is designed to operate in the discontinuous conduction mode. In this operation mode, it approximates a voltage follower and the line current follows the line voltage waveform to a certain extent. The reduction in low-order harmonics and improved power factor is achieved without the use of any voltage or current sensors. The simplicity and reduced parts count of the proposed topology make it an attractive low-cost choice for many variable speed drive applications.