Impact of implementation of auxiliary bias-windings on controllable inductors for power electronic converters

Pfeiffer, Jonas; Kuster, Pierre; Erenler, Yeliz; Qashlan, Ziyad H. S.; Zacharias, Peter

doi:10.23919/epe20ecceeurope43536.2020.9215616

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“…R ECENT requirements in the power electronics industry have made to re-consider the use of controllable magnetic devices within switched mode power supplies (SMPS) to attain higher power density, flexibility, and efficiency levels. The use of active pre-magnetization has been presented as a promising alternative to reduce the size and weight of magnetic components in power converters [1]. Additionally, this technique has been employed to attain fixed frequency operation and to extend the soft switching region in power converts [2]- [3], among other numerous applications.…”

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Magnetically Controlled Transformer With Variable Turns Ratio and Low Series Inductance: Analysis and Implementation Toward Its Application in SMPS

Buitrago,

Cobaleda,

Martinez

2023

IEEE Trans. Power Electron.

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A comprehensive description of magnetically controlled transformers is presented in this paper to asses their potential in isolated and resonant power converters. These converters benefit from implementing variable magnetics as the soft switching zones and voltage operating ranges are extended, along with fixed or quasi-fixed frequency operation. To represent the variation of the transformer's equivalent turns ratio and parallel-series inductance, the cantilever model is selected. Moreover, two novel transformer structures employing parallel pre-magnetization are introduced; only off-the-shelf magnetic cores are required for their implementation. In conjunction with small signal analytical expressions, an adapted SPICE model is provided and compared to FEA simulations. Additionally, the impact of the stray inductance of the structures is assessed, improving the understanding of this controllable magnetic device's constraints and trade-offs. Experimental results align with the derived models and prove the proposed structures to provide significant variations in transformer equivalent turns ratio, keeping a relatively high parallel-series inductance ratio.

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Magnetically Controlled Transformer With Variable Turns Ratio and Low Series Inductance: Analysis and Implementation Toward Its Application in SMPS

Buitrago,

Cobaleda,

Martinez

2023

IEEE Trans. Power Electron.

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Review of Flux Interaction of Differently Aligned Magnetic Fields in Inductors and Transformers

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Linear Control Compensator for a Variable-Transformer in Wide-Voltage Power Converters

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Suarez

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2022 IEEE 31st International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE)

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This work presents the design and simulation of a controllable magnetic device. The device can help the Dual Active Bridge converter (DAB) to operate in the soft switching region for wide-load applications. The control law is based on the modification of the ferrite-core's permeance for Variable-Transformers (VT). The frecuency-domain's model of the VT control leg is obtained using the Gyrator-Capacitor theory. Finally, this model is found by the premise that the interactions of the transformer's main fluxes are minimum in the control leg, furthermore this paper also proposed a ferrite-core construction that reduces these interactions, therefore the induced voltage in the control winding is also minimized, meaning the parallel interactions of the fluxes are reduced. The results shows that the perturbations are manageable for the control scheme and do not affect the device operation.

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Impact of implementation of auxiliary bias-windings on controllable inductors for power electronic converters

Abstract: The authors thank the SUMIDA Components & Modules GmbH in Obernzell, Germany, for manufacturing or machining most of the ferrite cores which were used to generate the presented measurement results.

Cited by 4 publications

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Magnetically Controlled Transformer With Variable Turns Ratio and Low Series Inductance: Analysis and Implementation Toward Its Application in SMPS

Magnetically Controlled Transformer With Variable Turns Ratio and Low Series Inductance: Analysis and Implementation Toward Its Application in SMPS

Review of Flux Interaction of Differently Aligned Magnetic Fields in Inductors and Transformers

Linear Control Compensator for a Variable-Transformer in Wide-Voltage Power Converters

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