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http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/JPE.2016.16.3.849

Modeling and Feedback Control of LLC Resonant Converters at High Switching Frequency  

Park, Hwa-Pyeong (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
Jung, Jee-Hoon (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of Power Electronics / v.16, no.3, 2016 , pp. 849-860 More about this Journal
Abstract
The high-switching-frequency operation of power converters can achieve high power density through size reduction of passive components, such as capacitors, inductors, and transformers. However, a small-output capacitor that has small capacitance and low effective series resistance changes the small-signal model of the converter power stage. Such a capacitor can make the converter unstable by increasing the crossover frequency in the transfer function of the small-signal model. In this paper, the design and implementation of a high-frequency LLC resonant converter are presented to verify the power density enhancement achieved by decreasing the size of passive components. The effect of small output capacitance is analyzed for stability by using a proper small-signal model of the LLC resonant converter. Finally, proper design methods of a feedback compensator are proposed to obtain a sufficient phase margin in the Bode plot of the loop gain of the converter for stable operation at 500 kHz switching frequency. A theoretical approach using MATLAB, a simulation approach using PSIM, and experimental results are presented to show the validity of the proposed analysis and design methods with 100 and 500 kHz prototype converters.
Keywords
High switching frequency; LLC resonant converter; Power density; Transformer design;
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