Title :
Design considerations for power converters supplying the SAE J-1773 electric vehicle inductive coupler
Author :
Kutkut, Nasser H. ; Klontz, Keith W.
Author_Institution :
Soft Switching Technol. Corp., Middleton, WI, USA
Abstract :
Inductive charging technology offers a safe and reliable method for electric vehicle battery charging. With inductive charging, the energy is transferred to the electric vehicle via magnetic induction rather than metal-to-metal contact. The high frequency electric vehicle inductive charger is basically a transformer with movable/separable parts for which a recommended practice has been published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE J-1773). The practice specifies the inductive coupler (transformer) equivalent circuit and values. This paper investigates the design considerations for power converters suitable for supplying the SAE J-1773 inductive coupler. The investigated topologies utilize the coupler´s equivalent circuit components effectively
Keywords :
battery chargers; electric vehicles; electromagnetic induction; equivalent circuits; power convertors; power supplies to apparatus; secondary cells; transformers; SAE J-1773 electric vehicle inductive coupler; Society of Automotive Engineers; electric vehicle battery charging; equivalent circuit; high frequency inductive charger; inductive charging technology; magnetic induction; metal-to-metal contact; power converters; transformer; Automobile manufacture; Automotive engineering; Batteries; Circuit topology; Contacts; Coupling circuits; Electric vehicles; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Power supplies;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1997. APEC '97 Conference Proceedings 1997., Twelfth Annual
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3704-2
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.1997.575743
