Resonant Power Converters

This book is devoted to resonant energy conversion in power electronics. It is a practical, systematic guide to the analysis and design of various dc-dc resonant inverters, high-frequency rectifiers, and dc-dc resonant converters that are building blocks of many of today's high-frequency energy processors. Designed to function as both a superior senior-to-graduate level textbook for electrical engineering courses and a valuable professional reference for practicing engineers, it provides students and engineers with a solid grasp of existing high-frequency technology, while acquainting them with a number of easy-to-use tools for the analysis and design of resonant power circuits. Resonant power conversion technology is now a very hot area and in the center of the renewable energy and energy harvesting technologies.

16.2.3 Half-Bridge PRC with Transformer Center-Tapped Rectifier.

Resonant Power Converters -- Contents -- Preface -- About The Authors -- List of Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 References -- PART I Rectifiers -- 2 Class D Current-Driven Rectifiers -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Assumptions -- 2.3 Class D Half-Wave Rectifier -- 2.3.1 Circuit Operation -- 2.3.2 Currents and Voltages -- 2.3.3 Power Factor -- 2.3.4 Power-Output Capability -- 2.3.5 Efficiency -- 2.3.6 Input Resistance -- 2.3.7 Voltage Transfer Function -- 2.3.8 Ripple Voltage -- 2.4 Class D Transformer Center-Tapped Rectifier -- 2.4.1 Currents and Voltages -- 2.4.2 Power Factor -- 2.4.3 Power-Output Capability -- 2.4.4 Efficiency -- 2.4.5 Input Resistance -- 2.4.6 Voltage Transfer Function -- 2.4.7 Ripple Voltage -- 2.5 Class D Bridge Rectifier -- 2.5.1 Power-Output Capability -- 2.5.2 Efficiency -- 2.5.3 Input Resistance -- 2.5.4 Voltage Transfer Function -- 2.6 Effects of Equivalent Series Resistance and Equivalent Series Inductance -- 2.7 Synchronous Rectifiers -- 2.7.1 Gate-Drive Power -- 2.7.2 Efficiency -- 2.7.3 Input Resistance -- 2.7.4 Voltage Transfer Function -- 2.8 Summary -- 2.9 References -- 2.10 Review Questions -- 2.11 Problems -- 3 Class D Voltage-Driven Rectifiers -- …