An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switches

This paper proposes an isolated DC-DC converter to cope with 800 V input voltage and 48 V output voltage conditions of the auxiliary power module in the next generation 800 V electric vehicles. On the primary side, a split-capacitor structure and a series capacitor are utilized while on the secondar...

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Main Authors: van-Cuong Bui, Khai M. Nguyen, Duy T. Duong, Dai-van Vo, Young-Cheol Lim, Joon-Ho Choi
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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author van-Cuong Bui
Khai M. Nguyen
Duy T. Duong
Dai-van Vo
Young-Cheol Lim
Joon-Ho Choi
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Khai M. Nguyen
Duy T. Duong
Dai-van Vo
Young-Cheol Lim
Joon-Ho Choi
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description This paper proposes an isolated DC-DC converter to cope with 800 V input voltage and 48 V output voltage conditions of the auxiliary power module in the next generation 800 V electric vehicles. On the primary side, a split-capacitor structure and a series capacitor are utilized while on the secondary side, a current doubler rectifier is designed, which repeats a part of the primary structure. Compared with existing isolated converters, the proposed converter has attractive characteristics: 1) a double step-down ratio; 2) the voltage stress on all primary switches and primary transformer are reduced to half of the input voltage; 3) the power switches have soft-switching capability by ZVS characteristic in the primary side, ZV-ZCS in secondary side; 4) the soft-switching range is wide, which maintained even at light-load conditions. 5) allow reuse conventional devices of 400 V system in the updated 800 V system. These characteristics are achieved with a simple control strategy by the pulse width modulation method for switches on the primary side and only repeating primary gating signals for switches on the secondary side. In this paper, the operation and performance of the proposed converter are presented. Besides, an experiment at 800 V input, 48 V–1.2 kW output is also completed to validate the operation and effectiveness of the proposed converter.
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spelling doaj-art-a737b9fc181a476cb024b7db10f096902024-11-19T00:03:37ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-011215947315948710.1109/ACCESS.2024.348723310737081An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switchesvan-Cuong Bui0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-7036Khai M. Nguyen1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1774-0817Duy T. Duong2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8192-9513Dai-van Vo3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8797-4582Young-Cheol Lim4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-3452Joon-Ho Choi5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-1369Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South KoreaDepartment of Electrical and Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South KoreaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South KoreaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South KoreaThis paper proposes an isolated DC-DC converter to cope with 800 V input voltage and 48 V output voltage conditions of the auxiliary power module in the next generation 800 V electric vehicles. On the primary side, a split-capacitor structure and a series capacitor are utilized while on the secondary side, a current doubler rectifier is designed, which repeats a part of the primary structure. Compared with existing isolated converters, the proposed converter has attractive characteristics: 1) a double step-down ratio; 2) the voltage stress on all primary switches and primary transformer are reduced to half of the input voltage; 3) the power switches have soft-switching capability by ZVS characteristic in the primary side, ZV-ZCS in secondary side; 4) the soft-switching range is wide, which maintained even at light-load conditions. 5) allow reuse conventional devices of 400 V system in the updated 800 V system. These characteristics are achieved with a simple control strategy by the pulse width modulation method for switches on the primary side and only repeating primary gating signals for switches on the secondary side. In this paper, the operation and performance of the proposed converter are presented. Besides, an experiment at 800 V input, 48 V–1.2 kW output is also completed to validate the operation and effectiveness of the proposed converter.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10737081/Current doubler rectifierhigh step-downisolated dc-dc converterphase-shift full-bridgesoft-switching
spellingShingle van-Cuong Bui
Khai M. Nguyen
Duy T. Duong
Dai-van Vo
Young-Cheol Lim
Joon-Ho Choi
An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switches
IEEE Access
Current doubler rectifier
high step-down
isolated dc-dc converter
phase-shift full-bridge
soft-switching
title An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switches
title_full An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switches
title_fullStr An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switches
title_full_unstemmed An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switches
title_short An Isolated DC-DC Converter for 800 V Electric Vehicle With Wide Soft-Switching Range and Low Voltage Stress on Power Switches
title_sort isolated dc dc converter for 800 v electric vehicle with wide soft switching range and low voltage stress on power switches
topic Current doubler rectifier
high step-down
isolated dc-dc converter
phase-shift full-bridge
soft-switching
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10737081/
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