A Resonant DC-DC Transformer

Gregory Ivensky; Alexander Abramovitz; Michael Gulko; Sam Ben-Yaakov

doi:10.1109/7.220940

A Resonant DC-DC Transformer

Gregory Ivensky
, Alexander Abramovitz
, Michael Gulko
, Sam Ben-Yaakov

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Abstract

The characteristics of a push-pull parallel resonant converter (PPRC) when operated as a dc-dc transformer were investigated theoretically and experimentally. In the dc-dc transformer region, the voltage transfer ratio of the PPRC was found to be practically constant and independent of the input voltage and load. In this mode, all the switching elements operate in the zero voltage switching (ZVS) condition. Another important feature of the proposed dc-dc transformer is the ability to drive it by an arbitrary switching frequency, provided that it is lower than the self-osciliating frequency. This permits the synchronisation of the converter to a master clock. The analytical expressions for voltage and current stresses as well as other key parameters, derived in the paper, are applied to develop design guidelines for the dc-dc transformer. The proposed topology was tested experimentally on a 100 W unit which was run at the 200 KHz frequency region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	926-934
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/7.220940
State	Published - 1 Jan 1993

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