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ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching)
Turning a switch on only after its output capacitance has been discharged to nearly zero volts, so no Coss energy is dumped and the turn-on loss is essentially eliminated.
It is the usual soft-switching mode for MOSFET-based converters.
- Also known as
- Zero-voltage switching
- Type
- Acronym
- Domain
- Power & Discretes, Power conversion topologies
Notes
Achieved in practice by letting the resonant or magnetising current ring the switch node over during the dead time.
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