This study presents a soft-switching converter without output inductor. The features of the proposed converter are zero-voltage switching (ZVS) for all power switches, load current sharing and high circuit efficiency. Full-bridge converter with phase-shift pulse-width modulation (PWM) is adopted to regulate the output voltage. Based on the resonant behaviour by the output capacitance of MOSFETs and the resonant inductance, active switches can be turned on at ZVS during the transition interval. Thus, the switching losses of power MOSFETs are reduced. The voltage stress of power switches is clamped to DC bus voltage. Four transformers are connected in series in the primary side. Each transformer can be operated as an inductor to smooth the output current or a transformer to achieve electric isolation and power transfer from input side to output side. Therefore no output inductor is needed in the secondary side. Two centre-tapped rectifiers connected in parallel are used in the secondary side to achieve load current sharing. Finally, experiments based on a 960 W (48 V/20 A) laboratory prototype are provided to demonstrate the performance of proposed converter.

This study presents a new soft switching DC/DC converter with current double rectifier to achieve zero-voltage switching for all power switches under a wide range of load condition. Three three-level pulse-width modulation circuit cells sharing the same power switches are adopted in the proposed converter to reduce the voltage stress of each switch at V in /2 and achieve load current sharing. Therefore the current stress and power rating of the secondary side components are reduced. The current double rectifiers are used at the secondary side to reduce the output ripple current. The sizes of the magnetic components and output filter capacitance can be reduced. The circuit analysis and design consideration of the proposed converter are discussed in detail. The proposed converter can be used in high input voltage and high load current applications. Finally, experiments based on a 1.5 kW scale-down prototype are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed converter.

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