TY - GEN
T1 - High-power compact capacitor charger
AU - Giesselmann, Michael G.
AU - Vollmer, Travis T.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We are reporting on a new design for a compact high power Capacitor charger with a power output that far exceeds the peak power of previously reported designs [1]. For this purpose we are evaluating parallel modular designs with separate inverters, transformers, & rectifiers and compare them with designs with a larger module size. For larger power implementations with a single inverter, transformer, & rectifier, the main challenge is the design of the inverter using parallel connected IGBT transistors and their current sharing. We are demonstrating an implementation were we are combining 2 H-Bridge inverters in parallel to feed the primary of a 100 kVA compact step-up transformer. Each H-Bridge is using current mode control to enforce current sharing. The oscillators in the current mode control IC's for each H- Bridge are synchronized for this parallel mode of operation. This topology could be expanded to more H-Bridges. In order to reduce the high-frequency impedance and the windings losses of the step-up transformer [2,3], litz wire is used for both the primary winding and the secondary windings.
AB - We are reporting on a new design for a compact high power Capacitor charger with a power output that far exceeds the peak power of previously reported designs [1]. For this purpose we are evaluating parallel modular designs with separate inverters, transformers, & rectifiers and compare them with designs with a larger module size. For larger power implementations with a single inverter, transformer, & rectifier, the main challenge is the design of the inverter using parallel connected IGBT transistors and their current sharing. We are demonstrating an implementation were we are combining 2 H-Bridge inverters in parallel to feed the primary of a 100 kVA compact step-up transformer. Each H-Bridge is using current mode control to enforce current sharing. The oscillators in the current mode control IC's for each H- Bridge are synchronized for this parallel mode of operation. This topology could be expanded to more H-Bridges. In order to reduce the high-frequency impedance and the windings losses of the step-up transformer [2,3], litz wire is used for both the primary winding and the secondary windings.
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U2 - 10.1109/PPC.2009.5386226
DO - 10.1109/PPC.2009.5386226
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77949978357
SN - 9781424440658
T3 - PPC2009 - 17th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
SP - 918
EP - 921
BT - PPC2009 - 17th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
T2 - 17th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, PPC2009
Y2 - 28 June 2009 through 2 July 2009
ER -