Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Following are my comments to improve the paper:

Include a photo of the experimental set-up.

Do load transient experiments and include those results.

Can you develop a model of the converter to do simulation and compare the simulated results with the experimental results?

Compare with existing topologies to better understand the advantage of the proposed topology.

Give experimental measured efficiency of the proposed converter.

Author Response

Reviewer 1 comments:

Following are my comments to improve the paper:

Include a photo of the experimental set-up.

Answer: The photo of the prototype circuit is provided in this revision.

 

Do load transient experiments and include those results.

Answer: The load transient experiments are provided in this revision.

 

Can you develop a model of the converter to do simulation and compare the simulated results with the experimental results?

Answer: Some simulation results are provided in this revision.

 

Compare with existing topologies to better understand the advantage of the proposed topology.

Answer: the advantages and disadvantages of the existing topologies are provided in this revision.

 

Give experimental measured efficiency of the proposed converter.

Answer: The circuit efficiency is provided in this revision.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

This paper shows a resonant converter, to which authors attribute the benefits of wide output voltage, wide soft switching characteristics for power devices and high circuit efficiency. Although the paper is interesting, in the reviewer's opinion, all these advantages should be clarified and explained in a more clear way. In particular:

1.- Please, could you highlight the advantages and novelty of this topology? Please, explain and clarify comparing with previous and conventional designs.

2.- In particular, could you specify the efficiency of the proposal in detail? It's important to know the performance of the proposal.

3.- Experimental results (or, in their absence, simulation results) should show transient response of the circuit proposal in the presence of input voltage and output load variations.

4.- Please, complete Conclusion Section. It's very scarce and poor.

Author Response

Reviewer 2 comments:

This paper shows a resonant converter, to which authors attribute the benefits of wide output voltage, wide soft switching characteristics for power devices and high circuit efficiency. Although the paper is interesting, in the reviewer's opinion, all these advantages should be clarified and explained in a more clear way. In particular:

 

1.- Please, could you highlight the advantages and novelty of this topology? Please, explain and clarify comparing with previous and conventional designs.

Answer: The discussion of the existing topologies including advantages and disadvantages are provided in this revision.

 

2.- In particular, could you specify the efficiency of the proposal in detail? It's important to know the performance of the proposal.

Answer: The circuit efficiency is added in this revision.

 

3.- Experimental results (or, in their absence, simulation results) should show transient response of the circuit proposal in the presence of input voltage and output load variations.

Answer: The input voltage of the proposed converter is come from a front ac-dc converter and the input voltage of the proposed circuit is a stable voltage at 400V input. Therefore, input voltage variation is not considered in the presented circuit. The proposed converter is designed for LED outdoor lighting applications with wide output voltage adjustment. Therefore, the load current transient is measured in this revision.

 

4.- Please, complete Conclusion Section. It's very scarce and poor.

Answer: The conclusion section has been revised in this new paper.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Good to be published.

Reviewer 2 Report

According to the modifications and additions done in the new version of the article, the reviewer considers the the article can be considered for publication in the Journal.