Soft switching self-oscillating IGBT-based DC-DC converters

Abstract

The characteristics and advantages of soft switching self-oscillating insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)-based DC-DC converters are described. The main features offered by this family of self-oscillating inverters include: a full-bridge self-oscillating inverter having a minimum component count; extremely high efficiency, even at ultrasonic switching frequencies; low electromagnetic interference due to zero voltage switching; automatic protection against short-circuit output; automatic protection to all other switches during failure of one switch due to overheating; automatic protection against spurious simultaneous turn-on of two switches in the same inverter leg; negligible overrating of the switches for current and voltage; and negligible VA rating of the saturating transformer compared to the power transformer.<>