Vicky said:
Hi,
Can anyone exlain in simple terms how a RESONANT PWM CIRCUITS differs
from an normal PWM circuit.I mean what is the basic concept of zero
voltage switching and zero current switching techniques.Can anyone
explain????
Vicky
I guess you meant a half or full bridge driven with PWM.
Some very basically half bridge:
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\ high
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|---out
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\ low
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With the above circuit you can switch only 1 switch is on at a time,
otherwise you will short the supply
When the switches are ideal you can
switch one off and directly the other one on, to get a square wave signal at
the mid point and there is no power loss.
When replacing these switches with MOSFET's you need to take care. Because
of parasitic capacitance between the drain - source (basically the switch)
you need some time to let those capacitors charge / discharge between
switching. When you don't do this the MOSFET's will dissipate energy.
Basically with ZVS you want to make sure the voltage across a MOSFET is
zero before you turn it on. When doing this there is already a current
flowing through the body diode of the MOSFET, which the Rds-on will take
over.
With ZCS is just the opposite, you want that no current will flow through
the MOSFET when you turn it on. (Voltage is also near zero across the
MOSFET)
With P = V * I you can see that in both cases the MOSFET(s) wont dissipate.
However due to the voltage drop of the body diode and Rds-on you always get
some dissipation, but less then with no ZVS/ZCS.
You need 2 things to have ZVS/ZCS, enough inductive load (never let switch a
half/full bridge unloaded or only with a capacitor...) and some so-called
deadtime between switching the MOSFETS.
The inductive load will charge/discharge the parasitic capacitance of the
MOSFETS and so creating ZVS/ZCS when running the half/full bridge with a
deadtime.
The term 'resonant' comes from that the inductive load charges / discharges
the capacitance of the MOSFET's.
PWM is just the modulation. However you need to take more care with PWM to
switch ZVS/ZCS then with a 50% duty-cycle.
Do some search with google and you will find more information.
Hope it helps a bit.
Al