{"title":"An analysis of dual-source strategies for custom power supplies","authors":"F. M. Miles","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.826081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.826081","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides a detailed analysis of the costs and benefits associated with the implementation of a dual source strategy for custom power supplies, A framework is proposed for analyzing, understanding and predicting the economic impacts of such a strategy. Included in this framework are the potential costs savings associated with increased leverage in price negotiations, higher nonrecurring costs, the expenses associated with managing multiple vendors, and the price-volume curve.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"187 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132624519","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":"Are you ready for contract manufacturing? [power supply industry]","authors":"T. L. Ulvinen","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.826084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.826084","url":null,"abstract":"Cost reduction and time to market pressures challenge the power supply industry. Allocation of personnel, resource and capital investment must create adequate returns on investment. The use of an outsourcing manufacturing model provides a method to improve corporate flexibility, time-to-market, agility and focus. However, the unique nature of power supply technology and manufacturing methods represent a risk to the successful adoption of an outsourcing model. The solutions to problems presented in adopting a contract manufacturing model offer opportunities for process improvements that ultimately improve competitiveness through cost reduction and reduced time to market.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133898135","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":"Experimental demonstration of the MOS controlled diode (MCD)","authors":"Z. Xu, B. Zhang, A.Q. Huang","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.822831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.822831","url":null,"abstract":"The MOS controlled diode (MCD) is a new class of power semiconductor diode that can achieve ideal diode performance. In this paper, experimental verification of the MCD concept is presented for the first time by using commercially available power MOSFETs operating as MCDs. Measurements of the reverse recovery currents and reverse recovery charges of these MCDs are obtained and compared with the body diodes of the MOSFETs. These measurements show that these MCDs can significantly reduce the reverse recovery current, storage charge and switching loss. Optimized MCD performances at 1.2 kV, 2.4 kV and 4.5 kV are also projected based on numerical simulations. Ideal performance of the MCD close to that predicted by device simulation should be obtained once an optimized MCD is developed.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132532034","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":"Modeling, analysis and design of 10 kW parallel module zero-voltage zero-current switched full bridge PWM converter","authors":"Hang-Seok Choi, J. Kim, J. Lee, B. Cho","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.826122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.826122","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the modeling and the design of the 10 kW parallel module converter are presented. Due to the high input voltage and power level, IGBTs are selected for the switching devices. The ZVZCS techniques enable the ZVZCS FB-PWM topology to operate at the switching frequency of 40 kHz, while maintaining an efficiency of over 94% at full load. The parallel scheme featuring power sharing and interleaving offers reduction of the overall system size and improvement of dynamics and EMI characteristics. A complete small-signal model for the ZVZCS FB-PWM converter employing the charge control is developed. The design equations and model predictions are verified by experimental results.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"3 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133134747","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":"Investigation of a high power three-level quasi-resonant DC-link voltage source inverter","authors":"T. Bruckner, S. Bernet","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.822813","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.822813","url":null,"abstract":"The paper investigates the feasibility of a quasi-resonant DC-link soft switching principle for voltage source inverters (VSI) in the megawatt power range. An evaluation of a three-level quasi-resonant DC-Link VSI (3L-QRDCLVSI) featuring IGCTs and a comparison to a commercially available three-level IGCT-VSI is presented. Extensive loss measurements of IGCTs under hard and soft switching conditions are the basis for the design and the comparison of the inverters. Beside converter losses other important aspects like control, protection and reliability are addressed.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122520588","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":"Application of the ZCS auxiliary commutation circuits in a interleaved boost converters operating in critical conduction mode","authors":"C. de O. Stein, J. R. Pinheiro, H. Hey","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.822585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.822585","url":null,"abstract":"A power-factor-correction (PFC) circuit based on interleaved boost converters in critical conduction mode (C-DCM) with a zero current switching (ZCS) technique is investigated. The main switches turn-on occurs naturally in ZCS, due to the operation in C-DCM. In addition, C-DCM also reduces the reverse recovery losses of the boost diodes. The use of auxiliary commutation circuits provides ZCS at the main switches turn-off. These circuits are activated only during the main switches commutations. By using the interleaved converters technique, the input current ripple is minimized. The control circuit of the converters has been implemented using a single erasable programmable logic device (EPLD) EPM7128SLC84-15 from Altera Corporation. The experimental results obtained using a 1.2 kW prototype operating from an AC input voltage source of 120 V RMS are presented.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124401312","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}
T. Morimoto, S. Shirakawa, O. Koudriavtsev, M. Nakaoka
{"title":"Zero-voltage and zero-current hybrid soft-switching phase-shifted PWM DC-DC power converter for high power applications","authors":"T. Morimoto, S. Shirakawa, O. Koudriavtsev, M. Nakaoka","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.826091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.826091","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel prototype version of zero-voltage switching (ZVS) PWM DC-DC power converter with a high frequency transformer link, which incorporates zero-current switching (ZCS) mode synchronous active power switches in series with each rectifier diode in high-frequency transformer secondary side. This converter circuit with an isolated high-frequency transformer link can achieve ZVS in transformer primary side and ZCS in transformer secondary side under the wide load variations. Using the proposed converter, switching and conduction losses of all the active power devices are reduced as well as circulating current flowing through a transformer link as compared with the previously-developed soft-switching converter with a phase-shifted PWM scheme in the high-frequency transformer primary side. The steady-state operating principle of this converter in the open loop system and voltage regulation characteristics are described and evaluated on the basis of the simulation analysis and some experimental results of 2 kW-40 kHz breadboard.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121148030","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":"Analysis and modeling of a piezoelectric transformer in high output voltage applications","authors":"G. Ivensky, M. Shvartsas, S. Ben-Yaakov","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.822822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.822822","url":null,"abstract":"Piezoelectric transformers (PZT) can be used advantageously in high output voltage DC-DC converters. In such applications, the output section includes a voltage doubling rectification scheme to help increase the output voltage. This topology was modeled and analyzed by considering the expected voltage and current waveforms under first harmonics approximation. The results were then used to build a linear AC equivalent circuit that emulates the AC-DC stage. The proposed model was verified against experimental results.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129148629","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":"An improved approach to reduce harmonics in the utility interface of wind, photovoltaic and fuel cell power systems","authors":"A.M. El-Tamaly, P. Enjeti, H. El-Tamaly","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.822819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.822819","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, an improved approach to reduce harmonics in the utility interface of wind, photovoltaic and fuel cells power systems is presented. The approach is based on circulating third harmonic current injection to reduce utility line current harmonics in SCR converters. In this paper, a new injected current shape is computed from analysis to achieve sinusoidal utility line currents. A controllable single switch boost converter connected in shunt is employed to circulate the new injected current shape. A method to implement the proposed approach under varying load conditions is shown. Analysis, design, limitations, simulation and experimental result are presented.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129157215","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":"Envelope simulation by SPICE compatible models of electric circuits driven by modulated signals","authors":"S. Ben-Yaakov, S. Glozman, R. Rabinovici","doi":"10.1109/APEC.2000.822598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2000.822598","url":null,"abstract":"SPICE compatible equivalent circuits were developed to facilitate the analysis and envelope simulation of electric circuits driven by modulated signals. The circuits are based on a novel complex phasor domain transformation. The proposed method facilitates simulation of any general linear circuit driven by a modulated signal such as AM, FM or PM. Simulation time by the proposed envelope simulation is much faster than the full cycle-by-cycle simulation of the original circuit and excitation.","PeriodicalId":347959,"journal":{"name":"APEC 2000. Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (Cat. No.00CH37058)","volume":"1992 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128610947","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}