An Improved High Efficiency Resonant Converter for the Contactless Power Supply with a Low Coupling Transformer

낮은 커플링 변압기를 갖는 비접촉 전원의 개선된 고효율 공진 컨버터

  • 공영수 (전주대 공대 전기전자공학과) ;
  • 김은수 (전주대 공대 전기전자공학과) ;
  • 이현관 (전주대 공대 전기전자공학과)
  • Published : 2005.02.01

Abstract

Comparing with the conventional transformer without the air gap, a contactless transformer with the large air gap between the long primary winding and the secondary winding has increased leakage inductance and reduced magnetizing inductance. For transferring the primary power to the secondary one, the high frequency series resonant converter has been widely used for the contactless power supply system with the large air gap and the increased leakage inductance of the contactless transformer However, the high frequency series resonant converter has the disadvantages of the low efficiency and high voltage gain characteristics in the overall load range due to the large air gap and the circulating magnetizing current. In this paper, the characteristics of the high efficiency and unit voltage gain are revealed in the proposed three-level series-parallel resonant converter. The results are verified on the simulation based on the theoretical analysis and the 5kW experimental prototype.

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