Dc-dc converter including first and second full-bridge circuits for performing soft switching and reducing switching losses

Abstract

A DC-DC converter has a configuration in which a first full-bridge circuit and a second full-bridge circuit are connected via a transformer and an inductor. A control circuit performs soft switching of each switching element in the first full-bridge circuit and the second full-bridge circuit. An inductor current flowing through an equivalent inductor at a time of switching of turning on or off each switching element is greater than or equal to a threshold current, the equivalent inductor being equivalent to the transformer and the inductor. The control circuit outputs predetermined power by changing a voltage output period of the first full-bridge circuit and a voltage output period of the second full-bridge circuit while fixing the switching frequency and keeping a polarity inversion period at a value greater than or equal to a fixed value, the polarity inversion period being a period in which the output of the second full-bridge circuit and the output of the first full-bridge circuit have reverse polarities. This enables performing ZVS operations by simple control and reducing switching losses.