Inherent Overload Protection for the Series Resonant Converter

The overload characteristics of the full bridge series resonant power converter are considered. This includes analyses of the two most common control methods presently in use. The first of these uses a current zero crossing detector to synchronize the control signals and is referred to as the ¿ controller. The second is driven by a voltage controlled oscillator and is referred to as the ¿ controller. It is shown that the ¿ controller has certain reliability advantages in that it can be designed with inherent short circuit protection. Experimental results are included for an 86 kHz converter using power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs).

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