H. Matsumori, T. Kosaka, Kisho Sekido, Kitae Kim, T. Egawa, N. Matsui
{"title":"Isolated DC-DC Converter utilizing GaN power device for Automotive Application","authors":"H. Matsumori, T. Kosaka, Kisho Sekido, Kitae Kim, T. Egawa, N. Matsui","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8722097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8722097","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an isolated step-sown DC-DC converter using GaN power device for automotive applications. The works for a power supply from a high voltage main battery with 200V to low voltage auxiliary battery with 13.6V in hybrid electric vehicle. A LLC converter is known as isolated DC-DC converter with high-efficiency. However, when input and/or output voltage considerably fluctuates, efficiency of a LLC resonant converter becomes worse. In order to solve this problem, a DC-DC boost-up converter to mitigate efficiency deterioration for the input and/or output voltage fluctuation is added to a LLC resonant converter. Generally speaking, an additional circuit, the boost-up chopper in this case, also deteriorates the total system efficiency. To avoid the efficiency degradation, discontinuous current mode control and GaN power devices are applied to the boost-up chopper. The DC-DC boost-up converter experimentally achieves 99.03% of conversion efficiency at nominal output so that it has no effect on the total system efficiency. Even though adding a DC-DC boost-up chopper to the LLC resonant converter, a power density expected to 10 W/cc.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129084321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Continuous Stability Monitoring of DC Microgrids Using Controlled Injection","authors":"Rohail Hassan, Hongjie Wang, R. Zane","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8722069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8722069","url":null,"abstract":"Emerging dc microgrids incorporating energy storage are presenting new challenges in system design and stability analysis. Several methods have been proposed in literature for online stability evaluation of such dc microgrids using impedance-based stability analysis. This paper presents a method for continuous monitoring of system stability that is not computationally intensive and can be added as a supplemental function to existing converters in the system so that no additional power hardware is required. The proposed method evaluates stability continuously and can be used as a proactive approach for monitoring and maintaining system stability. Hardware results are presented to validate the proposed continuous stability monitor, which shows its effectiveness in predicting the system stability margins.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"456 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132138305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bianco, C. Adragna, S. Saggini, Mario Ursino, Francesco Ciappa, G. Scappatura
{"title":"A Novel Noncomplementary Active Clamp Flyback Control Technique","authors":"A. Bianco, C. Adragna, S. Saggini, Mario Ursino, Francesco Ciappa, G. Scappatura","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8721838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8721838","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an innovative non-complementary control method for an active clamp flyback converter. The proposed method recovers the leakage inductance energy and achieves soft switching for all the switches, while obtaining a lower RMS current compared to previous complementary or noncomplementary active clamp flyback control methods. In order to improve power density while reducing the profile of the transformer, a planar transformer with PCB-litz windings is developed for this converter.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131309457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Wide Gain Range LLC Resonant Converter Based on Reconfigurable Bridge and Asymmetric Resonant Tanks","authors":"Cheng Li, Hao Wang","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8722214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8722214","url":null,"abstract":"In wide voltage gain range applications, it is demanding to optimize the design of the conventional frequency modulated LLC resonant converter. In this paper, a novel reconfigurable LLC resonant topology is customized to mitigate this design challenge. On the primary side, six MOSFETs are utilized to formulate a reconfigurable inverter bridge. This bridge exhibits six different operation modes. Those operation modes enable a wide voltage gain range with a narrow switching frequency span. Furthermore, two asymmetric LLC resonant tanks with different turns ratios are deployed to further squeeze the switching frequency range. Zero-voltage switching is realized on all MOSFETs during all six modes. The conduction loss is reduced due to the reduced circulating current in each resonant tank. High efficiency and narrow frequency range over a wide voltage gain range are well achieved. The operating principles, design considerations, voltage gain analysis, and key experimental results are presented. A 1 kW laboratory prototype is built to verify the effectiveness of the proposed concept. The prototype converts a 390V input to an 80-420V output. A 97.42% peak efficiency is reported.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129252547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power Flow Control in Multi-Active-Bridge Converters: Theories and Applications","authors":"Yenan Chen, Ping-Jian Wang, Haoran Li, Minjie Chen","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8722122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8722122","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the theories and applications of power flow control in multi-active-bridge (MAB) power converters. Many emerging applications including differential power processing, low voltage power delivery in smart homes, multi-cell battery balancers, and photovoltaic energy systems comprise sophisticated power flow across multiple dc voltage ports. Connecting many dc voltage ports together with a MAB converter reduces the power conversion stress, improves the efficiency and enhances the power density. Fundamentally, the advantages of a MAB design come from merging many standalone magnetic components with simple functions into one single magnetic component that performs sophisticated functions. Three control strategies for MAB converters, including phase-shift (PS) control, time-sharing (TS) control, and hybrid phase-shift and time-sharing (PSTS) control are developed to regulate the voltage and precisely control the power flow. A four-port MAB converter prototype designed for low voltage power delivery applications in future smart homes has been built and tested to compare the performance of the three control methods and verify the effectiveness of the proposed architecture.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121333662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruirui Chen, Jiahao Niu, Handong Gui, Zheyu Zhang, Fred Wang, L. Tolbert, B. Blalock, D. Costinett, Benjamin B. Choi
{"title":"Analytical Analysis of Ac and Dc Side Harmonics of Three-level Active Neutral Point Clamped Inverter with Space Vector Modulation","authors":"Ruirui Chen, Jiahao Niu, Handong Gui, Zheyu Zhang, Fred Wang, L. Tolbert, B. Blalock, D. Costinett, Benjamin B. Choi","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8721981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8721981","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a comprehensive analytical analysis of the ac and dc side harmonics of the three-level active neutral point clamped (ANPC) inverter with space vector modulation (SVM) scheme. An analytical model to calculate the harmonics of a three-level converter with SVM is developed. The ac side output voltage harmonics and dc side current harmonics characteristics are calculated and analyzed. With the developed models, the impact of interleaving on both sides harmonics are studied which considers the modulation index, interleaving angle, and power factor. The analysis provides guideline for interleaving angle optimization to reduce the ac side power filter and dc side dc-link capacitor. The relationship between electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter corner frequency and switching frequency is also analytically derived which provides guideline for switching frequency and EMI filter design optimization. Two paralleled three-level ANPC inverters are constructed and experimental results are presented to verify the analytical analysis.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121347137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tianshi Xie, R. Das, Gab-Su Seo, D. Maksimović, Hanh-Phuc Le
{"title":"Multiphase Control for Robust and Complete Soft-charging Operation of Dual Inductor Hybrid Converter","authors":"Tianshi Xie, R. Das, Gab-Su Seo, D. Maksimović, Hanh-Phuc Le","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8721951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8721951","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new Multiphase Dual Inductor Hybrid (MP-DIH) Converter for application in data center and telecommunication systems. The converter is based on addition of two output filter inductors to a Dickson switched-capacitor converter. The inductors are operated in multiple phases that are non-overlapped and evenly distributed over one switching cycle, completely soft-charging all flying capacitors even in the presence of practical capacitor mismatches and voltage ripples. In this converter operation, each branch of the switched-capacitor network is activated individually in one charging phase, and two interleaved inductors are employed to softly charge and discharge the capacitors to achieve high efficiency without any complex capacitor sizing or split phase operation. To verify the topology and its soft-charging advantages, a 48V-to-1.8V 20W experimental converter prototype is constructed. The converter achieves 92.4% peak efficiency for 40V-to-1.8V conversion and 92.1% peak efficiency for 48V-to-1.8V conversion at 4A load, and with 20% capacitance variations.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131613460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shouxian Li, Ningning Zhang, Shuhua Zheng, Wenhao Xie, K. Smedley
{"title":"A Dickson Resonant Switched-capacitor Converter with \"Indirect\" Resonant Core and Continuous Conversion Ratio","authors":"Shouxian Li, Ningning Zhang, Shuhua Zheng, Wenhao Xie, K. Smedley","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8721994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8721994","url":null,"abstract":"A Dickson Resonant Switched-capacitor converter (RSC) with \"indirect\" resonant core and continuous conversion ratio is proposed in this paper. The traditional Dickson switched- capacitor converter (SCC) comes with the shortcomings of high transient current spike, hard-switched operation and limited line regulation range. In this paper, a small resonant inductor with bidirectional current is inserted to the intermediate charging path to form a resonant core, which is named the \"indirect\" resonant core. The Dickson RSC operates above the resonance with the merits of low transient current spike, ZVS turn-on for transistors, ZCS turn-off for diodes and continuous conversion ratio. A 150W prototype was built to verify the converter operation principle and regulation capability.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116274435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quasi-Online Low-Frequency Impedance Monitoring Scheme for Submodule Capacitors in Modular Multilevel Converters","authors":"D. Ronanki, S. Williamson","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8722277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8722277","url":null,"abstract":"Despite being the most fragile component, aluminum electrolytic capacitors (AECs) are preferred in modular multilevel converters (MMC) due to their high volumetric efficiency and low price. Due to the ageing of AECs, its capacitance decreases and equivalent series resistance (ESR) increases. This can result in an increased voltage ripple, power loss, and could damage the operation of the MMC. Therefore, condition monitoring of submodule (SM) capacitors in an MMC is indispensable to enhance system reliability. This paper presents a new condition monitoring technique for SM capacitors based on the measurement of its low-frequency impedance. The low-frequency impedance is evaluated based on the information of the second harmonic component in the SM capacitor voltage and current. In this scheme, a low-frequency voltage signal is injected in the control loop of the MMC with available hardware and controller for converter control. The proposed scheme has been validated through PLECS simulations on a three-phase half-bridge submodule (HB-SM) based MMC. This technique is also verified experimentally on a single-phase MMC with a four HB-SMs per arm.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115491744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Quenzer-Hohmuth, J. Messner, Steffen Ritzmann, Thoralf Rosahl, B. Wicht
{"title":"Accelerated Low Gate Count Parameter Identification for Integrated Switched-Mode Power Supplies with Digital Control","authors":"Samuel Quenzer-Hohmuth, J. Messner, Steffen Ritzmann, Thoralf Rosahl, B. Wicht","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8722002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8722002","url":null,"abstract":"Parameter identification in digital switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) enables new features in terms of design, diagnostics, and autotuning. It is beneficial for plug and play solutions, which allow to choose practically any inductor or capacitor for the SMPS meeting the application, cost and quality requirements. Parameter identification enables indication of component failure cases and adaption to unwanted parameter variations due to production tolerances, aging, and temperature changes. This paper proposes an identification concept for inductance and capacitance, the most influential parameters in SMPS. It allows for autotuning during startup and operation. The SMPS parameters are identified with very short identification time (85 µs during startup / 2 µs during operation), low gate count (8778 gates), small output voltage perturbations (0.4 % of the nominal output voltage), and high identification accuracy (max. 5 % deviation for inductance / max. 13 % deviation for capacitance). Experimental results are shown for a variable input voltage (3-6 V), 6.3 V output voltage, 1 A digitally controlled boost converter with 500 kHz switching frequency.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123196502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}