A ZCT auxiliary commutation circuit for interleaved boost converters operating in critical conduction mode

This paper investigates a power-factor-corrector (PFC) circuit based on interleaved boost converters in critical conduction mode (C-DCM) with a zero current transition (ZCT) circuit. By using the interleaved converters technique, the input current ripple is minimized, and due to the operation in C-DCM, the main switches turn-on occurs naturally under zero current and the reverse recovery losses of the diodes are minimized. The use of auxiliary commutation circuits provides ZCT at main switches turn-off, minimizing the related turn-off losses. The command circuit of the converters has been implemented by using a single erasable programmable logic device (EPLD) EPM7128SLC84-15. Operating principles, theoretical analysis, design guidelines and a design example are described and verified experimentally by a 1.2 kW prototype. Finally, the measured losses in the PFC interleaved boost converters with and without the proposed ZCT commutation cell, as well as a previously published ZCT cell are presented and discussed.

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