Pub Date : 2018-10-25DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507426
S. J. Settels, J. Duarte, J. van Duivenbode
Industrial applications, e.g. semiconductor manufacturing equipment, require power amplifiers providing high power with high precision and bandwidth. The Flying Capacitor Resonant Pole Inverter (FC RPI) provides a multilevel configuration with high switching frequencies and Zero-Voltage Switching (ZVS) across the entire operating range. However, the applied charge-based modulation scheme to ensure ZVS depends heavily on the correct measuring of the zero-crossings of the filter inductor current. The delay incorporated in the measurement chain results in significant distortion of the output current which deteriorates the performance of the end application. This research proposes to apply direct current feedback of the per-period average filter inductor current, measured using a high bandwidth Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive (AMR) sensor, to correct the introduced distortion of the output current. Simulation results of the complete converter and control configuration indicate a significant improvement in performance: 9 dB increased Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) and 16 dB decreased Total Harmonic Distortion (THD).
{"title":"Flying Capacitor Resonant Pole Inverter with Direct Inductor Current Feedback","authors":"S. J. Settels, J. Duarte, J. van Duivenbode","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507426","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial applications, e.g. semiconductor manufacturing equipment, require power amplifiers providing high power with high precision and bandwidth. The Flying Capacitor Resonant Pole Inverter (FC RPI) provides a multilevel configuration with high switching frequencies and Zero-Voltage Switching (ZVS) across the entire operating range. However, the applied charge-based modulation scheme to ensure ZVS depends heavily on the correct measuring of the zero-crossings of the filter inductor current. The delay incorporated in the measurement chain results in significant distortion of the output current which deteriorates the performance of the end application. This research proposes to apply direct current feedback of the per-period average filter inductor current, measured using a high bandwidth Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive (AMR) sensor, to correct the introduced distortion of the output current. Simulation results of the complete converter and control configuration indicate a significant improvement in performance: 9 dB increased Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) and 16 dB decreased Total Harmonic Distortion (THD).","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"36 1","pages":"3840-3847"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91261803","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507823
Hechao Wang, K. Lu, Dong Wang, F. Blaabjerg
Sensorless control methods based on pulse injection are widely used in the standstill to low speed machine operation range. Generally, to achieve pulse-injection-based position estimation one or more switching periods for injection are dedicatedly needed, which results in reduced equivalent switching frequency, and consequently poor dynamic current response. In this paper, an improved pulse-injection-based method is proposed for sensorless drives of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) operating at standstill to low speed range. The proposed method can effectively increase the current dynamic response without increasing the control complexity. Meanwhile the current ripple could be reduced leading to lower torque ripple and acoustic noise. Experimental results are presented to validate the improved performance of the proposed sensorless method.
{"title":"Pulse-Injection-Based Sensorless Control Method with Improved Dynamic Current Response for PMSM","authors":"Hechao Wang, K. Lu, Dong Wang, F. Blaabjerg","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507823","url":null,"abstract":"Sensorless control methods based on pulse injection are widely used in the standstill to low speed machine operation range. Generally, to achieve pulse-injection-based position estimation one or more switching periods for injection are dedicatedly needed, which results in reduced equivalent switching frequency, and consequently poor dynamic current response. In this paper, an improved pulse-injection-based method is proposed for sensorless drives of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) operating at standstill to low speed range. The proposed method can effectively increase the current dynamic response without increasing the control complexity. Meanwhile the current ripple could be reduced leading to lower torque ripple and acoustic noise. Experimental results are presented to validate the improved performance of the proposed sensorless method.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"101 1","pages":"1183-1188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80414134","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507636
Akihiro Konishi, K. Umetani, E. Hiraki
Resonant inductive coupling wireless power transfer (RIC-WPT) is the promising wireless power supply method to mobile applications. It is well-known that the efficiency and the power transfer capability of RIC-WPT systems deeply depend on the quality factor of the receiver-side resonator, which tends to decline by the conduction loss at rectifying diodes. Therefore, the synchronous rectification is one of the effective solutions. However, the unique characteristics of RIC-WPT, that is the weak magnetic coupling between the transmitter-side and the receiver-side resonator, tend to make the introduction of the synchronous rectification difficult. In order to address this issue, this paper newly proposes a self-driven synchronous rectifier controller suitable for RIC-WPT. This synchronous rectifier controller consists of basic analog elements and gate drivers, and no additional power supply is necessary for driving itself. In addition, the controller doesn’t require any information from the transmitter-side resonator. Experiments successfully verified the operating principle as well as the efficiency improvement and clarified the usefulness of the synchronous rectifier with proposed controller for practical application of RIC-WPT.
{"title":"High-frequency Self-Driven Synchronous Rectifier Controller for WPT Systems","authors":"Akihiro Konishi, K. Umetani, E. Hiraki","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507636","url":null,"abstract":"Resonant inductive coupling wireless power transfer (RIC-WPT) is the promising wireless power supply method to mobile applications. It is well-known that the efficiency and the power transfer capability of RIC-WPT systems deeply depend on the quality factor of the receiver-side resonator, which tends to decline by the conduction loss at rectifying diodes. Therefore, the synchronous rectification is one of the effective solutions. However, the unique characteristics of RIC-WPT, that is the weak magnetic coupling between the transmitter-side and the receiver-side resonator, tend to make the introduction of the synchronous rectification difficult. In order to address this issue, this paper newly proposes a self-driven synchronous rectifier controller suitable for RIC-WPT. This synchronous rectifier controller consists of basic analog elements and gate drivers, and no additional power supply is necessary for driving itself. In addition, the controller doesn’t require any information from the transmitter-side resonator. Experiments successfully verified the operating principle as well as the efficiency improvement and clarified the usefulness of the synchronous rectifier with proposed controller for practical application of RIC-WPT.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"47 1","pages":"1602-1609"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88081064","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507951
Hiroki Kurumatani, S. Katsura
This paper reports a system design method of high-frequency class-D inverter for wideband current control for robotics in human society. There is a problem that conventional inverters are restricted by a switching frequency and hence the motor can not drive in a high-frequency range. Since a control system requires a severe condition as for a phase lag, such restriction should be removed. To overcome this problem, the paper designs a system with providing three pillars: a controller to attain a robustness, hardware improvement and a modulation technique to increase a bandwidth, and design policy for a processor to treat a high-frequency signal. Then, a GaN-HEMT-based class-D inverter and an FPGA-based controller are prepared to support these pillars. The paper proves an importance of the integrated design.
{"title":"A System Design Method of High-Frequency Class-D Inverter for Wideband Current Control","authors":"Hiroki Kurumatani, S. Katsura","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507951","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a system design method of high-frequency class-D inverter for wideband current control for robotics in human society. There is a problem that conventional inverters are restricted by a switching frequency and hence the motor can not drive in a high-frequency range. Since a control system requires a severe condition as for a phase lag, such restriction should be removed. To overcome this problem, the paper designs a system with providing three pillars: a controller to attain a robustness, hardware improvement and a modulation technique to increase a bandwidth, and design policy for a processor to treat a high-frequency signal. Then, a GaN-HEMT-based class-D inverter and an FPGA-based controller are prepared to support these pillars. The paper proves an importance of the integrated design.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"56 1","pages":"669-674"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90602125","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507799
E. B. Kapisch, J. Duarte, C. Duque
This paper presents an adaptation of a fundamental frequency estimation scheme based on a fast-tracking PLL-based structure. The approach is based on a modification of the Adaptive Quadratic Signals Generator Phase-Locked Loop, adding a pre-filtering stage in order to attenuate the influence of the time-varying harmonics. The time-domain discretization of the proposed scheme is also presented. A comparison between the proposed scheme and a highly accurate Zero-Crossing scheme is performed under time-varying harmonic operation conditions through experimental measurements. While the later is able to provide only the frequency value, the proposed scheme is able to provide both the frequency value, the fundamental component wave form, and its quadratic companion signal, keeping the same fast-tracking characteristic and presenting a smoother behavior.
{"title":"Comparative Study of Single-Phase Fundamental Component Frequency Estimation Schemes under Time-varying Harmonic Distortion Operation","authors":"E. B. Kapisch, J. Duarte, C. Duque","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507799","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an adaptation of a fundamental frequency estimation scheme based on a fast-tracking PLL-based structure. The approach is based on a modification of the Adaptive Quadratic Signals Generator Phase-Locked Loop, adding a pre-filtering stage in order to attenuate the influence of the time-varying harmonics. The time-domain discretization of the proposed scheme is also presented. A comparison between the proposed scheme and a highly accurate Zero-Crossing scheme is performed under time-varying harmonic operation conditions through experimental measurements. While the later is able to provide only the frequency value, the proposed scheme is able to provide both the frequency value, the fundamental component wave form, and its quadratic companion signal, keeping the same fast-tracking characteristic and presenting a smoother behavior.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"88 1","pages":"1067-1072"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73627030","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507757
Y. Zhang, M. Roes, M. Hendrix, J. Duarte
The aim of this paper is to analyse the stability of grid-connected converters using repetitive control for voltage harmonic compensation. Supplementary to an earlier proposed control strategy to upgrade grid-connected converters for add-on voltage support, the stability analysis of the overall system is presented. A straightforward procedure is proposed and a couple of stability conditions are derived. The analysis is broken down into two sub-parts and therefore, the Nyquist’s criterion can be easily applied. Simulations and experiments support the stability model analysis. The proposed method is not limited to the application with voltage support but also applicable for other converter systems based on repetitive-control algorithms.
{"title":"Stability Analysis of Grid-connected Converters with Add-on Voltage Support Functionality using Repetitive Control","authors":"Y. Zhang, M. Roes, M. Hendrix, J. Duarte","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507757","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to analyse the stability of grid-connected converters using repetitive control for voltage harmonic compensation. Supplementary to an earlier proposed control strategy to upgrade grid-connected converters for add-on voltage support, the stability analysis of the overall system is presented. A straightforward procedure is proposed and a couple of stability conditions are derived. The analysis is broken down into two sub-parts and therefore, the Nyquist’s criterion can be easily applied. Simulations and experiments support the stability model analysis. The proposed method is not limited to the application with voltage support but also applicable for other converter systems based on repetitive-control algorithms.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"22 1","pages":"946-952"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82134283","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507526
Hiroyasu Kobayashi, K. Kondo, D. Iannuzzi
As one of the solution for energy saving in DC-electrified railway system, wayside energy storage systems (WESSs) are recently studied. In the previous study, current based control, which regulates current of ESSs, and voltage based control, which regulates the filter capacitor (FC) voltage, have been proposed as a power control method for WESSs. However, the difference between these two power control methods has not discussed before. In this paper, a theoretical comparison between voltage based power control method and current based power control method is carried out focusing on each static characteristic. Furthermore, an influence of distance between a WESS and a rail vehicle on characteristics of each control is also considered. Though the study in this paper, theoretical comparison between both control methods is carried out. Results of this paper contribute to establish a method to design WESSs which realize maximum energy saving effect with minimum energy capacity of energy storage devices.
{"title":"A Theoretical Analysis on Static Characteristics of Voltage Based Control Method and Current Based Control Method for the Wayside Energy Storage System in DC-electrified Railway","authors":"Hiroyasu Kobayashi, K. Kondo, D. Iannuzzi","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507526","url":null,"abstract":"As one of the solution for energy saving in DC-electrified railway system, wayside energy storage systems (WESSs) are recently studied. In the previous study, current based control, which regulates current of ESSs, and voltage based control, which regulates the filter capacitor (FC) voltage, have been proposed as a power control method for WESSs. However, the difference between these two power control methods has not discussed before. In this paper, a theoretical comparison between voltage based power control method and current based power control method is carried out focusing on each static characteristic. Furthermore, an influence of distance between a WESS and a rail vehicle on characteristics of each control is also considered. Though the study in this paper, theoretical comparison between both control methods is carried out. Results of this paper contribute to establish a method to design WESSs which realize maximum energy saving effect with minimum energy capacity of energy storage devices.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"11 1","pages":"2527-2533"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80474382","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}
Conventionally, boost converter is used for high step-up energy harvesting system, but it is needed to be operated in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) because of the limitation of the topology. Therefore, it causes more conduction loss and current stress on the switch. In this thesis, the control IC for boost-flyback converter in energy harvesting applications is proposed. It can greatly increase the voltage conversion ratio with the cascode of boost converter and flyback converter. In addition, this topology can recycle the energy of the leakage inductance produced from coupled inductor to load. Thus, the efficiency can be increased and the stress on the main switch can be reduced. Finally, The boost-flyback converter with input voltage of 0.2-0.3 V, output voltage of 5 V and output power of 20 mW is implemented to verify the feasibility of the proposed controller.
{"title":"Control IC for Boost-Flyback Converter for Energy Harvesting Applications","authors":"Jhih-Sian Li, Kai-Hui Chen, Jui-Hung Lai, Jun-Xian Huang","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507615","url":null,"abstract":"Conventionally, boost converter is used for high step-up energy harvesting system, but it is needed to be operated in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) because of the limitation of the topology. Therefore, it causes more conduction loss and current stress on the switch. In this thesis, the control IC for boost-flyback converter in energy harvesting applications is proposed. It can greatly increase the voltage conversion ratio with the cascode of boost converter and flyback converter. In addition, this topology can recycle the energy of the leakage inductance produced from coupled inductor to load. Thus, the efficiency can be increased and the stress on the main switch can be reduced. Finally, The boost-flyback converter with input voltage of 0.2-0.3 V, output voltage of 5 V and output power of 20 mW is implemented to verify the feasibility of the proposed controller.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"63 1","pages":"3081-3085"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80509912","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507768
Masataka Ishihara, K. Umetani, E. Hiraki
Intermediate resonator (repeater) in resonant inductive coupling wireless power transfer (RIC-WPT) systems can increase the transmission distance between the transmitting and receiving coils. The induced current in the repeater is easily affected by the frequency splitting phenomenon because the quality factor (Q-factor) of the repeater is generally as high as several hundreds. If this phenomenon occurs, induction of large current is often difficult in the repeater because the one peak characteristic of the induced current is no longer expected and the single peak of resonance splits into multiple peaks which shift the resonant frequency corresponding to the circuit parameters. In this paper, we approach this difficulty by applying an auxiliary circuit to the RIC-WPT system with the repeater. As a result, under the fixed operating frequency, the induced current in the repeater can be kept large even if the frequency splitting phenomenon occurs. The effectiveness of proposed system was supported by the simulation and experiment.
{"title":"Automatic Resonance Frequency Tuning Method for Repeater in Resonant Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Systems","authors":"Masataka Ishihara, K. Umetani, E. Hiraki","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507768","url":null,"abstract":"Intermediate resonator (repeater) in resonant inductive coupling wireless power transfer (RIC-WPT) systems can increase the transmission distance between the transmitting and receiving coils. The induced current in the repeater is easily affected by the frequency splitting phenomenon because the quality factor (Q-factor) of the repeater is generally as high as several hundreds. If this phenomenon occurs, induction of large current is often difficult in the repeater because the one peak characteristic of the induced current is no longer expected and the single peak of resonance splits into multiple peaks which shift the resonant frequency corresponding to the circuit parameters. In this paper, we approach this difficulty by applying an auxiliary circuit to the RIC-WPT system with the repeater. As a result, under the fixed operating frequency, the induced current in the repeater can be kept large even if the frequency splitting phenomenon occurs. The effectiveness of proposed system was supported by the simulation and experiment.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"26 1","pages":"1610-1616"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83246263","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}
Pub Date : 2018-10-22DOI: 10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507417
Ferdi Perdana Kusumah, J. Kyyrä
This paper explains an initial current injection method of a direct three-phase to single-phase AC/AC converter for an inductive charger. The converter has a lesser number of switches than a matrix converter and uses a resonant circuit to utilize zero-current switching. The method applies a DC resonant charging to charge a primary resonant capacitor, by taking advantage of the converter topology. The charged voltage is used to boost the initial current since in practice an affordable current transducer has only a limited measurement range, due to its accuracy and noise characteristics. The method is applied to kick-start the inductive charger without adding an amplification circuit to the current transducer output. Simulation results are presented to verify theoretical calculations.
{"title":"Initial Current Injection Method of a Direct Three-Phase to Single-Phase AC/AC Converter for Inductive Charger","authors":"Ferdi Perdana Kusumah, J. Kyyrä","doi":"10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/IPEC.2018.8507417","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explains an initial current injection method of a direct three-phase to single-phase AC/AC converter for an inductive charger. The converter has a lesser number of switches than a matrix converter and uses a resonant circuit to utilize zero-current switching. The method applies a DC resonant charging to charge a primary resonant capacitor, by taking advantage of the converter topology. The charged voltage is used to boost the initial current since in practice an affordable current transducer has only a limited measurement range, due to its accuracy and noise characteristics. The method is applied to kick-start the inductive charger without adding an amplification circuit to the current transducer output. Simulation results are presented to verify theoretical calculations.","PeriodicalId":6610,"journal":{"name":"2018 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Niigata 2018 -ECCE Asia)","volume":"74 1","pages":"3870-3876"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86155752","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}