• DocumentCode
    1092315
  • Title

    Application of Reset Voltage Feedback for Droop Minimization in the Unidirectional Current Pulse Transformer

  • Author

    McNeill, Neville ; Gupta, Narendra K. ; Burrow, Steve G. ; Holliday, Derrick ; Mellor, Phil H.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Bristol, Bristol
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    591
  • Lastpage
    599
  • Abstract
    This paper investigates the application of reset voltage feedback for reducing errors due to droop in the signal derived from a current transformer sensing unidirectional current pulses in switched-mode power converter applications. Droop is minimised by applying a correcting voltage in series with the transformer´s output terminals during the current pulse. The magnitude of the correcting voltage is based on the transformer´s reset voltage sensed during the power converter´s previous switching cycles. A model of the scheme is presented and a circuit is implemented. Reductions in both peak and average current droop are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    current transformers; power convertors; pulse transformers; switched mode power supplies; droop minimization; reset voltage feedback; switched-mode power converter; unidirectional current pulse transformer; Circuits; Current transformers; Diodes; Feedback; Galvanizing; Magnetic separation; Power engineering and energy; Pulse transformers; Switching converters; Voltage; Current transformer (CT); power converter; zero-flux CT;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPEL.2007.915662
  • Filename
    4463861