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Applying Structure Exchange to Battery Charging to Enhance Light-Load Efficiency

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  • Kuo-Ing Hwu

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei 10608, Taiwan)

  • Pei-Ching Tseng

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei 10608, Taiwan)

  • Jenn-Jong Shieh

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, Feng Chia University, No. 100, Wenhwa Road, Seatwen, Taichung 40724, Taiwan)

Abstract

A full-bridge DC–DC converter with structure exchange is proposed to simulate battery charging based on an electronic load. The full-bridge phase-shift converter (FBPSC) uses an external resonant inductor and phase-shift control on the primary side to realize zero voltage switching (ZVS) above medium load. However, the energy of the resonant inductor is not enough to carry away the energy of the parasitic capacitance on the switch at light load, leading to the inability of ZVS as well as the circulating current problem due to the long duration of the primary-side circulating current. Consequently, in order to conquer such problems mentioned above, the structure exchange, with only the control strategy changed from the phase-shift control to the two-transistor forward control, is presented to increase the light-load efficiency remarkably. Furthermore, the number of inductors is reduced by using the center-tap structure on the secondary side compared to the current-doubler structure. In addition, the synchronous rectifier on the secondary side is used to further improve the overall efficiency of the converter.

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  • Kuo-Ing Hwu & Pei-Ching Tseng & Jenn-Jong Shieh, 2025. "Applying Structure Exchange to Battery Charging to Enhance Light-Load Efficiency," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-21, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:18:y:2025:i:11:p:2699-:d:1662344
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