A classification methodology for zero-voltage transition PWM converters

Abstract

This paper presents a classification methodology of the ZVT soft-transition technique, which is based on different ways of implementation of the auxiliary circuit voltage source. The merits and limitations of each class are presented and their key features and characteristics are discussed and experimentally analyzed on the 1kW/100kHz laboratory prototypes. By means of the proposed classification criteria, any ZVT topology can be classified, even the unpublished ones. Additionally, an overview of the main ZVT PWM converters proposed in the last decades is also presented.