Title

A Modified High-Efficiency Llc Converter With Two Transformers For Wide Input-Voltage Range Applications

Keywords

DC gain; LLC converter; Microinverter; Optimization

Abstract

This paper proposed a modified LLC converter with two transformers in series, which has four operation configurations, covering the range of four times the minimum input voltage. To optimize the proposed LLC converter in an attempt to achieve good efficiency, a numericalmethod is developed based on the LLC converter's steady-state equations. In order to minimize the magnetizing current and thus minimize the conduction and core losses, an optimal objective is proposed to find themaximum magnetizing inductance. An optimization procedure and a design example are given. A 250-W 210-V output prototype with input voltage ranging from 25 to 100V is built to verify the developed numerical model and optimal design method. The dc gain obtained from experimental data agrees pretty well with that from the developed numerical model. Two conventional LLC converters are designed using fundamental harmonic approximation and the proposed optimal design, respectively, to make comparison with the proposed LLC converter and validate the proposed optimal design. Experimental results show that the proposed converter with proposed optimal design can achieve the peak efficiency up to 98%, while maintaining a very wide input voltage range. © 2012 IEEE.

Publication Date

4-1-2013

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volume

28

Issue

4

Number of Pages

1946-1960

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2201959

Socpus ID

84879400275 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84879400275

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