Interleaved Boost Converter with ZVT-ZCT for the Main Switches and ZCS for the Auxiliary Switch
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Two-Phase Converter with Proposed Soft Switching
3. Basic Operating Principles
4. Proposed Control Strategy
5. Design of the Key Components
5.1. Design of L1 and L2
5.2. Design of Co
5.3. Design of Lr, Cr1 and Cr2
6. Experimental Results
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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System Parameters | Specifications |
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Operating mode | CCM |
Input voltage (Vin) | |
Output voltage (Vo) | 42 V |
Rated output current (Io,rated) | 6 A |
Minimum output current (Io,min) | 0.3 A |
Switching frequency (fs) | 25 kHz |
Components | Specifications |
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Input Inductor for the first phase (L1) | 720 μH |
Input Inductor for the second phase (L2) | 720 μH |
Output capacitor (Co) | 680 μF |
Resonant inductor (Lr) | 6 μH |
Resonant capacitor for the first phase (Cr1) | 220 μF |
Resonant capacitor for the second phase (Cr2) | 220 μF |
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Hwu, K.-I.; Shieh, J.-J.; Jiang, W.-Z. Interleaved Boost Converter with ZVT-ZCT for the Main Switches and ZCS for the Auxiliary Switch. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 2033. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10062033
Hwu K-I, Shieh J-J, Jiang W-Z. Interleaved Boost Converter with ZVT-ZCT for the Main Switches and ZCS for the Auxiliary Switch. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(6):2033. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10062033
Chicago/Turabian StyleHwu, Kuo-Ing, Jenn-Jong Shieh, and Wen-Zhuang Jiang. 2020. "Interleaved Boost Converter with ZVT-ZCT for the Main Switches and ZCS for the Auxiliary Switch" Applied Sciences 10, no. 6: 2033. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10062033