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An interleaved multi-phase converter with coupled inductor can achieve high power density and high efficiency, and is an effective approach for high power applications. However, a number of phases also results in the fact that component counts are increased. In this paper, the downsizing performances when the number of phase change in a multi-phase DC-DC converter with 2-phase coupled inductor cell...
GaN-HEMT achieves the reduction in size and weight of power conversion circuits, thanks to its high frequency switching characteristics. However, the switching speed and low threshold voltage may cause a false turn-on phenomenon, which is a fatal effect for the applications. It is urgent issue to tackle and avoid this problem by modifying the circuit conditions. In this letter, the theoretical analysis...
SiC-MOSFETs have attracting increasing attention because of their outstanding characteristics that contributes to high efficiency and high power density of power converters. However, compared to conventional Si-IGBTs, SiC-MOSFETs are susceptible to false triggering, because they tend to generate large switching noise due to ultrafast switching capability and have a lower threshold voltage in high...
This paper proposes a high-reliable magnetic design method considering DC-biased magnetization for a Loosely Coupled Inductor (LCI) used in interleaved three-phase boost converters. The interleaved multi-phase boost converters with an LCI are well-known as one of the attractive circuit topologies that can achieve high-power-density of the converters. However, when designing and implementing an LCI...
In conventional arrangements of three-phase LLC converters, there are at least three magnetic components that occupy a considerable volume and mass of the power converter. Although, the three-phase LLC topology has many advantages over the single-phase one, circuit designers tend to select the single-phase topology because it has a minimal number of magnetic components. In this paper, with the purpose...
The majority of wireless power transfer (WPT) systems transfer power in a directional manner. Recently, omni-directional WPT systems have been addressed by several research groups. This paper describes a discrete exciting voltage control technique for wireless power transfer via magnetic resonant coupling with multiple orthogonal transmitter coils which can maximize the power transfer efficiency in...
GaN HEMT is generally characterized as fast switching and expected to achieve a power converter with high efficiency and high power density as a next-generation power semiconductor. However, the fast switching generates large switching noise, causing gate voltage fluctuation. Therefore, GaN HEMT can suffer from false triggering such as a false turn-on phenomenon due to its own low threshold voltage...
Interleaved DC-DC converter employing close-coupled inductors is a popular topology among other power converters topologies. Close-coupled inductors allow the power converter to achieve high power density and high efficiency. This paper proposes a novel magnetic structure of close-coupled inductors suitable for increasing the thermal handling capability. The proposed magnetic structure is combined...
Interleaved techniques and magnetic integration in a boost converter have gained attention in electric powertrains system for electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles in order to achieve high power density or to improve power conversion efficiency. Furthermore, the proposed multi-phase boost converter is equipped with a phase drive control to improve the efficiency at all load ranges. Furthermore,...
Wide band gap power semiconductor devices are now replacing the Si-MOSFET or IGBT. GaN-HEMT achieves the reduction in size and weight, thanks to its high frequency switching behavior. However, its high-speed switching characteristics and low threshold voltage may cause a false turn-on phenomenon, which is a fatal effect for the applications. It is urgent issue to tackle and avoid this problem by modifying...
DC-DC converters in electric vehicle (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have required higher power density and high efficiency. This paper proposes a novel LLC resonant DC-DC converter with integrated transformer. This circuit is composed of three LLC converter cells which are connected in series on the primary side and in parallel on the secondary side with interleaved control scheme. The...
In the LLC resonant converter, the transformer core is usually gapped to realize the designed value of magnetizing inductance that allows for soft switching. The air gap length which is in a scale of millimeters may be affected by the humidity and long working hours of the ferrite material, resulting into a variation of the core permeability. Moreover, a slight variation of the transformer core permeability...
Nowadays DC nanogrid topologies are going spread with the deployment of distributed generation. Therefore, the investigation of interactive sharing between DC nanogrid branches is mandatory to realize a continuous operation of the photovoltaic considering: maximum power tracking, Off-maximum power point tracking, load sharing, and battery charge sharing. This paper discusses the power flow interaction...
Interleaved Multi-phase DC/DC Converters (IMDDC) with Integrated Magnetic Components (IMC) are well-known as one of the converter topologies that can achieve high-power-density. However, as one of the drawbacks of IMDDCs, the power conversion efficiency when all phases are driven may decrease between light and middle loads. The main causes of the efficiency reduction are non-load losses caused by...
A non-isolated high step-up DC-DC converter with coupled inductor is developed for large voltage gain applications such as electric mobility and renewable energies. This converter combines the concepts of magnetic integration and interleaving phases that are effective for downsizing of power converters. The developed converter offers a good performance of voltage gain vs. converter size, because,...
This paper proposes a novel Interleaved Series Input Parallel Output Active Clump Forward (ISIPO-ACF) converter with integrated magnetic components that might achieve high power density. This converter is suitable for high input voltage and high output current applications such as dc-dc converters of EVs and HEVs. In this paper, the superiority of that in term of size and losses of the magnetic components...
The aim of this work is to present a novel topology of a three-phase LLC converter with integrated magnetics. The converter operation and the comprehensive theoretical analysis are presented; this analysis follows the first harmonic approximation (FHA) approach to simplify the system model. Usually, LLC converter achieves zero voltage switching (ZVS) as long as it working in the inductive region....
Efficiency is one of the most important aspects to consider in the design of electric systems for mobility applications. In this study, the interface between the storage system and the inverter is considered. This interface is a step-up DC-DC converter aimed to boost the energy storage voltage to the inverter voltage. This paper introduces the analysis, design, and comparison of four topologies of...
Electric Vehicles demand high efficiency power converter in their powertrains in order to use the energy of the storage unit in a better way. Specifically, the power converters, that interface the storage unit with the motors, are usually composed of high-losses components. Moreover, the topologies used in these systems present conditions of hard switching and reverse recovery phenomena that reduce...
Recently, Electric Vehicles (EVs) have required high power density and high efficiency systems in order to save energy and costs. Specifically, in the DC-DC converter that feeds the non-propulsive loads in these vehicles, where the output voltage is much lower than the one of the energy storage unit. Therefore, the output current becomes quite high, and the efficiency and power density are reduced...
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