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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2002)

Published: January 31, 2002

Pages: 43-58

Original Article

Design and Analysis of DC/DC ZCT Boost Converter with Moderate Output Power

Mustafa M. Ibrahim 1 Khalid M. Abdul-Hassun
1Dep. Of Elec. Engineering College of Engineering, University of Basrah
History
  • Received: November 30, 2001
  • Available Online: January 31, 2002
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.1.1.4

Abstract

Soft commutation techniques have been of great interest during the last few years in power supply switching applications. The recently developed Zero-Voltage transition (ZVT) and Zero-Current transition (ZCT) pulse width modulation (PWM) technique incorporated soft-switching function into PWM converters, so that the switching losses can be reduced with minimum voltage/current stresses and circulating energy. The ZCT technique can significantly reduce the switch turn-off loss which is usually the dominant switching loss in high-power applications. In this paper the steady state analysis and design of the ZCT PWM boost converter are introduced. Control and drive circuit have been designed to drive a 100 Watt ZCT PWM boost converter to experimentally investigate its features and characteristics.

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