Dr.

AMBEDKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

(An Autonomous Institution, Aided by Government of Karnataka)
Near Jnana Bharati Campus, Bangalore-560056.

Seminar presentation on
FULL BRIDGE AND HALF BRIDGE
DC-DC CONVERTERS
Presented by-
SIDDALINGARADHYA H M
(Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering)
M.Tech in Power Electronics
 CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• PRICIPLE AND OPERATION OF FULL
BRIDGE CONVERTER
• PRINCIPLE AND OPERATION OF HAL
BRIDGE CONVERTER
FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER

(a) Full-bridge converter

(b) Switching sequence (c) Voltage on the transformer primary

(d) Voltage vx.

• Assuming that the transformer is ideal, the
full-bridge converter of Fig.a has switch pairs
(Sw1, Sw2) and (Sw3,Sw4) alternate closing.
• When Sw1 and Sw2 are closed, the voltage
across the transformer primary is Vs.
• When Sw3 and Sw4 are closed, the
transformer primary voltage is Vs.
• For an ideal transformer, having all switches
open will make vp =0.
• The output of the full-bridge converter is
analyzed as for the push-pull converter,
resulting in

• where D is the duty ratio of each switch pair.

• The maximum voltage across an open switch
for the full-bridge converter is Vs.
HALF BRIDGE CONVERTER

(a) Half-bridge converter

(b) Switching sequence (c) Voltage on the transformer primary

(d) Voltage vx
• The half-bridge converter of Figure (a) has
capacitors C1 and C2 which are large and
equal in value.
• The input voltage is equally divided between
the capacitors.
• Switches Sw1 and Sw2 close with the
sequence shown, producing an alternating
voltage pulse VP on the transformer primary.
• The rectified secondary voltage Vx has the
waveform shown in Figure (d).
• Voltage Vx is the same form as for the push-
pull and the full-bridge converters, but the
amplitude is one-half the value.
• The relationship between the input and output
voltages for the half-bridge converter is

• where D is the duty ratio of each switch.

• The voltage across an open switch for the half-
bridge converter is Vs.
THANK YOU