Presentation 2017-11-21
Experimental Verification of Current Sensorless ZVS Assist Control Based on Voltage Transition Waveform
Masaya Takahashi, Nobuhisa Yamaguchi, Eisuke Takahashi, Kazuyoshi Obayashi, Kimihiro Nishijima,
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Abstract(in English) The main cause of an efficiency degradation in a DC to DC converter is a switching loss. ZVS assist circuit is known as a technique for reducing the switching loss. This technique reduces switching loss by achieving Zero Voltage Switching with assisting current from an assist circuit. However, this technique requires a current sensor with high response and high precision, because it is necessary to control the sharp current of the assist circuit. In previous paper, we proposed a current sensorless ZVS control method based on voltage transition waveform. In this paper, we verified this method with real circuit. As a result, the power loss was reduced by 43% compared with the conventional contisnuous-current-mode buck converter.
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Keyword(in English) ZVS / Assist / Voltage transition waveform / Current sensorless
Paper # EE2017-41
Date of Issue 2017-11-14 (EE)

Conference Information
Committee EE / IEE-SPC / IEE-EDD
Conference Date 2017/11/20(2days)
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Place (in English) Kagoshima Univ.
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Chair Fujio Kurokawa(Nagasaki Univ.)
Vice Chair Masatoshi Nakahara(Sojo Univ.) / Keiichi Hirose(NTT-F)
Secretary Masatoshi Nakahara(Fukuoka Univ.) / Keiichi Hirose
Assistant kazuhiro Kajiwara(NiAS) / Takashi Matsushita(NTT-F) / Hidenori Maruta(Nagasaki Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Energy Engineering in Electronics and Communications / Technical Meeting on Semiconductor Power Converter / Technical Meeting on Electron Devices
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Experimental Verification of Current Sensorless ZVS Assist Control Based on Voltage Transition Waveform
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) ZVS
Keyword(2) Assist
Keyword(3) Voltage transition waveform
Keyword(4) Current sensorless
1st Author's Name Masaya Takahashi
1st Author's Affiliation DENSO CORPORATION(DENSO)
2nd Author's Name Nobuhisa Yamaguchi
2nd Author's Affiliation DENSO CORPORATION(DENSO)
3rd Author's Name Eisuke Takahashi
3rd Author's Affiliation DENSO CORPORATION(DENSO)
4th Author's Name Kazuyoshi Obayashi
4th Author's Affiliation DENSO CORPORATION(DENSO)
5th Author's Name Kimihiro Nishijima
5th Author's Affiliation Oita University(Oita Univ.)
Date 2017-11-21
Paper # EE2017-41
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) EE-315
Page pp.pp.33-38(EE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-11-14 (EE)