{"title":"A near zero current switching series resonant inverter using GTOs","authors":"P. Jain, F. Dawson, S. Dewan","doi":"10.1109/IECON.1989.69608","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The authors present a novel implementation of fast gate turn-off thyristors (GTOs) for a series resonant converter operating above 10 kHz and at an output power rating of 10 kW or greater. A zero current switching gating strategy that eliminates the need of large negative gate drive circuits is presented. This permits the operation of the converter at a near unity load power factor independent of the operating frequency. Consequently, for a given output power, the installed kVA capacity of the converter is minimized, and the system simplicity is maintained. A simplified analysis and component ratings for the GTO-based converter are presented. All the results were verified experimentally.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":384081,"journal":{"name":"15th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"15th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.1989.69608","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The authors present a novel implementation of fast gate turn-off thyristors (GTOs) for a series resonant converter operating above 10 kHz and at an output power rating of 10 kW or greater. A zero current switching gating strategy that eliminates the need of large negative gate drive circuits is presented. This permits the operation of the converter at a near unity load power factor independent of the operating frequency. Consequently, for a given output power, the installed kVA capacity of the converter is minimized, and the system simplicity is maintained. A simplified analysis and component ratings for the GTO-based converter are presented. All the results were verified experimentally.<>