Research Article

On the Development of High Power DC-DC Step-Down Converter with Energy Recovery Snubber

Table 2

Calculation of snubber parameters.

Ls (μH)di/dt (A/us) (A) (μF)Condition (A)Min. duty cycle limitMax. duty cycle limit

1600350.328565−7504.5TRUE182.60.0281858610.969112264
2300220.323911−5808TRUE144.72420.0409374460.962884825
3200200.328112−4356TRUE129.02970.0517433720.955668148
4 150 18 0.329851 −2836 TRUE 119.4543 0.06115151 0.945936337
5120160.329561−1260TRUE112.72420.069572661
6100150.330828273FALSE107.90570.077569317
785.714286150.3349031728.5FALSE104.42180.085468737
875150.3389773184FALSE101.6340.093078882
966.666667150.3430514639.5FALSE99.341270.100457752
1060150.3471256095FALSE97.415290.107647168