access icon free Design, modelling, and implementation of a modified double-switch flyback-forward converter for low power applications

This study proposes a modified double-switch flyback-forward (DSFF) converter for low-power applications with a reduced number of windings in its transformer. This circuit has resulted from the combination of the two-switch flyback and two-switch forward converters. It includes a simple transformer with one set of secondary side windings, and it is not necessary to design two separate sets of windings for the desired output voltage which is the main problem of other flyback-forward converters. An auxiliary winding has been designed for self-biasing, and consequently, it improves the overall efficiency in the no-load condition. Due to the modifications on the previously presented two-switch flyback-forward converter, the circuit model has changed. This study, first, analyses the operation of the proposed converter in detail, then it explains a method to design this converter in continuous inductor current mode. Also, a start-up voltage regulator circuit and a modified bootstrap gate driver will be investigated, and the DC and AC model of the converter will be presented. Experimental results validate the proposed DSFF converter. The tested circuit includes a DSFF converter, a pulse generator circuit, a start-up voltage regulator, and a modified bootstrap gate driver.

Inspec keywords: transformer windings; voltage regulators; power convertors

Other keywords: secondary side windings; circuit model; two-switch forward converters; two-switch flyback-forward converter; modified bootstrap gate driver; double-switch flyback-forward converter; DSFF converter; auxiliary winding; flyback-forward converters; start-up voltage regulator circuit

Subjects: Power convertors and power supplies to apparatus; Transformers and reactors; Power electronics, supply and supervisory circuits

http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/iet-pel.2018.5788
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