Some limits of integrated LCT modules for resonant converters at 1 MHz

Author

Strydom, J.T. ; van Wyk, J.D. ; Ferreira, J.A.

Author_Institution

Energy Lab., Rand Afrikaans Univ., Johannesburg, South Africa

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1411

Abstract

Integrated LCT (inductor-capacitor-transformer) technology has been the subject of intensive research over the last few years. Research into producing optimum design equations has been conducted. To determine some of the physical and technological limitations of the integrated LCT technology, a 1 kW, 1 MHz resonant DC-DC power converter was designed and built. The design was limited only by material, construction and physical restrictions. Through this process, it is hoped that some of the current technological limitations can be quantified. The design and construction process is given, while some of the limits of this technology are derived from experimental results

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; power capacitors; power inductors; power transformers; resonant power convertors; 1 MHz; 1 kW; construction process; design limitations; inductor-capacitor-transformer technology; integrated LCT modules; optimum design equations; resonant DC-DC power converter; Building materials; Conducting materials; DC-DC power converters; Frequency; Impedance; Resonance; Schottky diodes; Topology; Zero current switching; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1999. Thirty-Fourth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5589-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1999.801685

Filename

801685