Title :
Design of a cost-effective DC-DC converter with high power density for magnetron power supplies
Author :
Song, Byeong-Mun ; Kye, Moon-Ho ; Kim, Rae-young
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Baylor Univ., Waco, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a new cost-effective, high power density dc-dc converter for magnetron power supply applications. The proposed dc-dc converter consists of three main circuitry; front-end quasi-resonant flyback converter, high-frequency transformer, and diode rectifier circuit. Experimental results are provided to verify the superiority of the proposed converter under 200 W/4 kV magnetron operations. The magnetron power supply, based on the proposed soft-switched converter, has achieved an overall efficiency of 85%.
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; magnetrons; power supply circuits; switching convertors; cost-effective DC-DC converter design; diode rectifier circuit; efficiency 85 percent; front-end quasiresonant flyback converter; high power density; high power density DC-DC converter design; high-frequency transformer; magnetron power supplies; power 200 W; soft-switched converter; voltage 4 kV; Circuits; DC-DC power converters; Frequency conversion; Magnetic separation; Power electronics; Power supplies; Power transformer insulation; Rectifiers; Switching converters; Voltage control; Quasi-resonant; flyback converter; high-voltage dc-dc converter; magnetron power supplies; soft-switching control;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Conference (IPEC), 2010 International
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5394-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPEC.2010.5543855