Accurate Prediction of Incomplete Zero-Voltage Switching Dynamics and Losses

Mike Robin Zäch; Szymon Michal Beczkowski; Asger Bjørn Jørgensen; Stig Munk-Nielsen

doi:10.1109/WiPDA58524.2023.10382222

Accurate Prediction of Incomplete Zero-Voltage Switching Dynamics and Losses

Mike Robin Zäch^*, Szymon Michal Beczkowski, Asger Bjørn Jørgensen, Stig Munk-Nielsen

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Abstract

The switching losses occurring between full soft-switching and hard-switching are described inadequately, and previous attempts of quantifying incomplete zero-voltage switching losses are topology specific and not applicable for any general half-bridge circuit. The ability to quantity these losses is crucial to optimize the converter efficiency across a wide operating range. This paper proposes a general method for accurately estimating the incomplete zero-voltage switching dynamics and losses in half-bridge converters, including the non-linear output capacitance of the semiconductors. The charge balance during the switching transition period is solved to determine the depth of incomplete zero-voltage switching, which can be used to predict the switching losses. The method is verified experimentally, and is shown to be able to predict the depth of incomplete zero-voltage switching accurately, which can be used to calculate the related losses.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE 10th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, WiPDA 2023
Publisher	IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Publication date	2023
Article number	10382222
ISBN (Print)	9798350337143
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350337136
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WiPDA58524.2023.10382222
Publication status	Published - 2023

Series	IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA)
ISSN	2641-8274

Keywords

Zero voltage switching (ZVS)
Wide band gap devices
incomplete ZVS
Semiconductor
Half bridge (HB)
Switching losses

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Zäch, Mike Robin ; Beczkowski, Szymon Michal ; Jørgensen, Asger Bjørn et al. / Accurate Prediction of Incomplete Zero-Voltage Switching Dynamics and Losses. 2023 IEEE 10th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, WiPDA 2023. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2023. (IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA)).

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Zäch, MR , Beczkowski, SM , Jørgensen, AB & Munk-Nielsen, S 2023, Accurate Prediction of Incomplete Zero-Voltage Switching Dynamics and Losses. in 2023 IEEE 10th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, WiPDA 2023., 10382222, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA). https://doi.org/10.1109/WiPDA58524.2023.10382222

Accurate Prediction of Incomplete Zero-Voltage Switching Dynamics and Losses. / Zäch, Mike Robin ; Beczkowski, Szymon Michal ; Jørgensen, Asger Bjørn et al.
2023 IEEE 10th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, WiPDA 2023. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2023. 10382222 (IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA)).

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Zäch MR , Beczkowski SM , Jørgensen AB , Munk-Nielsen S. Accurate Prediction of Incomplete Zero-Voltage Switching Dynamics and Losses. In 2023 IEEE 10th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications, WiPDA 2023. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). 2023. 10382222. (IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA)). doi: 10.1109/WiPDA58524.2023.10382222

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