Electrical Circuit for Zero-Voltage Soft-Switching in DC-DC Converter Under All Load Conditions

    公开(公告)号:US20200007030A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16456219

    申请日:2019-06-28

    发明人: Rik W. De Doncker

    IPC分类号: H02M1/34 H02M3/335

    摘要: An electrical circuit comprising an n-port m-phase active bridge converter with n≥2 and m≥3, where each port can be operated as an input or an output port, wherein each of the n ports has m phase legs with multiple active switches with parallel connected snubber or resonant capacitors, whereby the ports can convert a DC-voltage into an AC voltage and vice versa, whereby the ports are connected via a m-phase transformer or over m separate transformers each connected to each of the m phase legs of each of the m ports to transfer power between the ports, wherein an auxiliary circuit is connected to a star point of the transformers to feedback a fraction of a transformer input voltage and energy into a DC mid-point capacitor of a DC-link of at least one of the n-port m-phase active bridge converters to charge the DC mid-point capacitor.

    Electrical Circuit with Auxiliary Voltage Source for Zero-Voltage Switching in DC-DC Converter Under All Load Conditions

    公开(公告)号:US20200007022A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16456254

    申请日:2019-06-28

    IPC分类号: H02M1/08 H02M1/088 H02M3/335

    摘要: An electrical circuit comprising an n-port m-phase active bridge converter with n≥2 and m≥1, where each port can be operated as an input or an output port, wherein each of the n ports has m phase legs with multiple active switches with parallel connected snubber or resonant capacitors, whereby the n ports can convert a DC-voltage into an AC voltage, the n ports connected via an m-phase transformer or over m separate transformers each connected to each of the m phase legs of each of the n ports to transfer power between the ports, wherein an auxiliary circuit is connected to the transformers to convert a part of a transformer input voltage and energy via an auxiliary voltage source into a DC mid-point capacitor of a DC-link of at least one of the n-port m-phase active bridge converters to recharge the DC mid-point capacitor.