Soft switching DC/DC converter using auxiliary circuits

Abstract

A novel auxiliary circuit for full-bridge PWMDC/DC converter with controlled secondary side rectifieris presented in this paper. Zero-current turn-on for allpower switches of the inverter is achieved for full loadrange from no-load to short circuit by using controlledrectifier and auxiliary circuit on the secondary side.Modified phase shift PWM control strategy is used for theconverter. The principle of operation is explained andanalyzed and the simulation results are presented.

Keywords

• auxiliary circuit
• soft switching
• zero voltage zero current switching