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}
{"title":"Ultra-High Step-Up DC/DC Converter Based on Dual-Coupled-Inductors With Low Voltage Stress and Input Current Ripple for Renewable Energy Applications","authors":"H. Moradisizkoohi, N. Elsayad, O. Mohammed","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8722219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8722219","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a nonisolated interleaved dc/dc converter with very high voltage gain and low voltage stress for applications requiring a high voltage gain, such as for interfacing photovoltaic or fuel cell with an inverter. In the proposed topology, the voltage multiplier and switched-capacitor are merged to enhance the voltage gain. This feature along with connecting the coupled inductors in series at the output stage increases the voltage conversion ratio. To reduce the input current ripple, two coupled inductors are connected in parallel for sharing the input current equally, resulting in low conduction loss as well as a smaller capacitive filter. To suppress the voltage ringing that stems from the energy stored in the leakage inductance of coupled inductors, the active clamp circuit is implemented in the proposed converter. By applying an integrated regenerative snubber, the leakage energy of coupled inductors not only is recycled to the output stage but also paves the way for soft-switching including zero voltage switching for switches and zero current switching for diodes. The operation modes, design consideration, and comparison verified by experimental results of a 1-kW laboratory prototype of proposed converter are presented. The switches and diodes are implemented using gallium-nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors, respectively.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"3 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":"124268061","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":"Variable On-time (VOT) Control with Phase Leading Input Current (PLIC) Compensation for 400Hz CRM Boost PFC Converters","authors":"Yuting Zhou, X. Ren, Zhehui Guo, Yu Wu, Zhiliang Zhang, Qianhong Chen","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8721868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8721868","url":null,"abstract":"This paper establishes the generalized explicit expression of variable on-time (VOT) for CRM boost PFC converters to eliminate the effect of actual resonant processes. In order to minimize the effect of input filter capacitor (IFC) in medium line frequency, the compensation for the phase leading input current (PLIC) can also be implemented using proposed VOT expression. Due to the crossover distortion of the rectified input voltage, different sampling positions of input voltage result in different dead angle and different input current spine. Then this paper selects sampling before the rectifier bridge to reduce the input current THD and a varying parameter control to suppress the input current spine. The experimental results from a 400Hz/115VAC 160W/270VDC CRM boost PFC prototype are presented to verify the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed VOT control.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"28 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":"124851251","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 Family of Transformerless Stacked Active Bridge Converters","authors":"Jianglin Zhu, D. Maksimović","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2019.8721857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2019.8721857","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a family of transformerless stacked active bridge (TSAB) converters with N-to-1 nominal conversion ratios and continuous voltage regulation capabilities. An N-to-1 TSAB is a hybrid converter derived from the N-to-1 Dickson switched-capacitor (SC) converter, with small ac inductors inserted in the flying-capacitor branches to achieve lossless (\"soft\") capacitor charging and discharging. In operation, a TSAB converter resembles the isolated Dual Active Bridge (DAB) converter but without the need for an isolation transformer. The TSAB family has several favorable characteristics, which lead to very high efficiency around nominal conversion ratio, including small ac inductors with near-trapezoidal low RMS currents, low voltage stresses, and zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) over wide load range. Moreover, the operation is robust with respect to component tolerances, and continuous voltage regulation can be achieved through simple phase shift control. Experimental results are presented for a 120 W, 48V-to-12V TSAB prototype, demonstrating a flat efficiency characteristic with 98.6% peak efficiency, and 98.0% full-load efficiency.","PeriodicalId":142409,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"78 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":"132691440","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}