For high efficiency and low noise operation of power converters, soft switching strategies are required. The resonant converters and/or inverters are suitable candidates for these purpose. Generally the PLL(Phase-Locked Loop) techniques are employed t...
For high efficiency and low noise operation of power converters, soft switching strategies are required. The resonant converters and/or inverters are suitable candidates for these purpose. Generally the PLL(Phase-Locked Loop) techniques are employed to make the switching frequency of resonant converters follow the resonant frequency which may vary due to the load variations. The conventional design guide of PLL is not suitable in these cases since the characteristics of converters or inverters are not considered. In this paper, the phase characteristics of a resonant inverter is analysed and added to the closed loop. And the design of PLL with digital phase detector is illustrated for the output frequency to track the resonant frequency of the inverter. The validity of the proposed scheme is verified by PSPICE simulation for the PLL system.