This paper presents the detailed analysis and design of a soft-switching DC-DC converter called clamped-resonant interleaved boost converter (CRIB). This topology, thanks to a resonant L-C tank connected between the drain terminals of the switches of two interleaved boost cells, achieves zero-voltage and zero current commutations of all devices, independently of the load current, with a reduced dv/dt across the switches, making the converter suitable for high-frequency operation. Moreover, a proper no-load operation is proved, whenever the minimum voltage gain is higher than a given threshold. Differently from previous works on current-fed resonant converters, the presented theoretical analysis includes the effect of the input filter inductors, allowing to derive a simple design procedure to meet the given specifications. According to the outlined design steps, an experimental prototype was built, rated at 42~54 V to 400 V~300 W. Measurements confirm the theoretical predictions, showing an efficiency above 96% at the nominal power in the whole input voltage range. Finally, the possibility to reduce the overall magnetic volume by coupling the two input inductors is demonstrated.

Analysis and Design of the Soft-Switched Clamped-Resonant Interleaved Boost Converter

Spiazzi, Giorgio
2019

Abstract

This paper presents the detailed analysis and design of a soft-switching DC-DC converter called clamped-resonant interleaved boost converter (CRIB). This topology, thanks to a resonant L-C tank connected between the drain terminals of the switches of two interleaved boost cells, achieves zero-voltage and zero current commutations of all devices, independently of the load current, with a reduced dv/dt across the switches, making the converter suitable for high-frequency operation. Moreover, a proper no-load operation is proved, whenever the minimum voltage gain is higher than a given threshold. Differently from previous works on current-fed resonant converters, the presented theoretical analysis includes the effect of the input filter inductors, allowing to derive a simple design procedure to meet the given specifications. According to the outlined design steps, an experimental prototype was built, rated at 42~54 V to 400 V~300 W. Measurements confirm the theoretical predictions, showing an efficiency above 96% at the nominal power in the whole input voltage range. Finally, the possibility to reduce the overall magnetic volume by coupling the two input inductors is demonstrated.
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