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t
2
=
1
ω
2
(π +α
2
); i
rO2
= I
L
[1 +sin(π/2 +α
2
)] (14.363)
t
3
=
i
rO2
L
r
V
1
+V
2
=
I
L
(1 +cos α
2
)L
r
V
1
+V
2
;
I
1
=
1
T
t
3
t
1
i
r
dt ≈
t
1
+t
2
+t
3
T
I
L
;
I
2
=
1
T
t
4
t
3
i
r
dt ≈
1
T
(I
L
t
4
) =
t
4
T
I
L
;
V
2
V
1
=
1
T
(t
1
+t
2
+t
3
) =
t
1
+t
2
+t
3
t
1
+t
2
+t
3
+t
4
(14.364)
t
4
=
V
1
V
2
−1
(t
1
+t
2
+t
3
) (14.365)
k =
t
3
+t
4
t
1
+t
2
+t
3
+t
4
; T = t
1
+t
2
+t
3
+t
4
; f = 1/T
(14.366)
14.12.3 Four-quadrant ZVS Quasi-resonant
DC/DC Luo-converter
Four-quadrant ZVS quasi-resonant Luo-converter is shown in
Fig. 14.103. Circuit 1 implements the operation in quadrants
I and II, circuit 2 implements the operation in quadrants III
and IV. Circuit 1 and 2 can be converted to each other by
auxiliary switch. Each circuit consists of one main inductor L
and two switches. Assuming that the main inductance L is suf-
ficiently large, the current i
L
is constant. The source and load
voltages are usually constant, e.g. V
1
= 42 V and V
2
=±28 V.
There are four modes of operation:
V
1
S
1
S
2
D
1
D
2
L
r
C
r2
L
i
L
i
r
C
r1
+
−
V
2
−
+
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S
3
FIGURE 14.103 Four-quadrant DC/DC ZVS quasi-resonant Luo-
converter.
• Mode A (Quadrant I): electrical energy is transferred
from V
1
side to V
2
side;
• Mode B (Quadrant II): electrical energy is transferred
from V
2
side to V
1
side;
• Mode C (Quadrant III): electrical energy is transferred
from V
1
side to −V
2
side;
• Mode D (Quadrant IV): electrical energy is transferred
from −V
2
side to V
1
side.
Each mode has two states: “on” and “off.” The switch status
of each state is shown in Table 14.13.
The description of Modes A, B, C, and D is same as in the
previous Sections 14.12.1 and 14.12.2.
14.13 Synchronous-rectifier DC/DC
Luo-converters
Synchronous-rectifier (SR) DC/DC converters are called the
fifth-generation converters. The development of the micro-
electronics and computer science requires the power supplies
with low output voltage and strong current. Traditional
diode bridge rectifiers are not available for this requirement.
Soft-switching technique can be applied in SR DC/DC con-
verters. We have created few converters with very low voltage
(5 V, 3.3 V, and 1.8 ∼1.5 V) and strong current (30 A, 60 A up
to 200 A) and high power transfer efficiency (86%, 90% up
to 93%). In this section, few new circuits, different from the
ordinary SR DC/DC converters, are introduced:
•
Flat transformer synchronous-rectifier DC/DC Luo-
converter;
• Double current synchronous-rectifier DC/DC Luo-
converter with active clamp circuit;
• Zero-current-switching synchronous-rectifier DC/DC
Luo-converter;
• Zero-voltage-switching synchronous-rectifier DC/DC
Luo-converter.
14.13.1 Flat Transformer Synchronous-rectifier
DC/DC Luo-converter
Flat transformer SR DC/DC Luo-converter is shown in
Fig. 14.104. The switches S
1
,S
2
, and S
3
are the low-resistance
MOSFET devices with very low resistance R
S
(7–8 m). Since
we use a flat transformer, the leakage inductance L
m
and
resistance R
L
are small. Other parameters are C = 1 µF,
L
m
= 1 nH, R
L
= 2m, L = 5 µH, C
O
= 10 µF. The input
voltage is V
1
= 30 VDC and output voltage is V
2
, the output
current is I
O
. The transformer term’s ratio is N = 12 : 1. The
repeating period is T = 1/f and conduction duty is k. There
are four working modes.