Capacitor Charging by Quasi-Resonant Approach for a Pulsed Plasma Thruster in Nano-Satellite

In this article, a quasi-resonant (QR) flyback converter has been proposed for capacitor charging in a pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) of a nano-satellite. The energy in the transformer leakage inductance can be recycled to the resonant capacitor, suppressing the switch-off voltage spikes on the semiconductor power switch. The power switch is turned on with a hybrid switching mode. In this mode, vall...