High-efficiency ZVS AC-DC LED driver using a self-driven synchronous rectifier

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Abstract

This paper proposes a high-efficiency zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) AC-DC light-emitting-diode (LED) driver. The structure of the proposed converter is based on a buck-boost power-factor-correction (PFC) converter. Through replacement of an output diode with a self-driven synchronous rectifier (SR), the conduction loss decreases significantly, and there is no switching loss because of the ZVS operation of the switching devices. In addition, no additional control circuit is required and cost reduction is achieved because the SR is self-driven. The efficiency of the proposed converter is higher than that of the conventional critical-conduction-mode (CRM) buck-boost PFC converter, owing to the reduced conduction loss of the high-side output rectifier and no switching loss of either of the switches. For verifying the ZVS operation and efficiency improvement of the proposed AC-DC LED driver, theoretical analysis and experimental results of a 48-[V] and 1.4-[A] prototype for LED driver are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6781045
Pages (from-to)2505-2512
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
Volume61
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014

Keywords

  • Buck-boost converter
  • LED driver
  • power factor correction (PFC)
  • synchronous rectifier
  • zero-voltage-switching (ZVS)

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