Widely Applicable Floating Power Supply for Gate Drivers Using Capacitive Isolation

2021 ◽  
Vol 141 (8) ◽  
pp. 621-630
Author(s):  
Tessen Omura ◽  
Kenji Natori ◽  
Yukihiko Sato
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Gate Drivers

scholarly journals A special high-frequency soft-switched DC/DC power supply for GCT gate driver

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahangir Afsharian
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Optimization Procedure ◽  
Power Supplies ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
General Power ◽  
Gate Driver ◽  
Isolation Transformer ◽  
Experimental Use ◽  
Gate Drivers

This thesis is devoted to the development of a novel parallel isolated power supply (PIPS) for the gate driver of integrated Gate Commutated Thyristors (GCT). The proposed PIPS is essentially a special high frequency soft switched DC/DC converter, integrating six parallel isolated power supplies in one module where each power supply generates a regulated dc supply for the GCT gate driver. In commercial GCT power supplies, a high-voltage isolation transformer is indispensable but highly inefficient in terms of cost and size, which can be significantly improved by the optimized transformer. In all, this design strives to achieve a general power supply for powering up the gate drivers of all types of GCT devices in all MV applications with minimal changes in configuration. In this thesis, the configuration of PIPS is presented and its operating principle is elaborated. The transformer optimization procedure satisfying the voltage isolation requirement of GCT gate drivers is extensively discussed. The performance of PIPS, including the front end DC/DC converter, zero voltage switching phase-shift full bridge (ZVS-PS-FB) converter, and the optimization of the transformer, is verified by simulations and experiments where a 360W laboratory prototype is built for the experimental use.

scholarly journals Optimized Design of Multi-MHz Frequency Isolated Auxiliary Power Supply for Gate Drivers in Medium-Voltage Converters

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 9494-9509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole Christian Spro ◽  
Pierre Lefranc ◽  
Sanghyeon Park ◽  
Juan M. Rivas-Davila ◽  
Dimosthenis Peftitsis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Optimized Design ◽  
Medium Voltage ◽  
Auxiliary Power ◽  
Gate Drivers

Applied methods of power supply and galvanic isolation of gate drivers of power transistors in bridging end stages of Class D amplifiers and inverters

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Jacek Jasielski ◽  
Stanisław Kuta
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Charge Pump ◽  
Control Signal ◽  
Drive Power ◽  
Output Stage ◽  
Correct Operation ◽  
High Side ◽  
Class D ◽  
Signal Isolation ◽  
Gate Drivers

Various methods used for a floating high-side gate drive power supply and galvanic isolation of the Class-D amplifiers and different DC-AC or DC-DC converters have been reviewed and evaluated in the paper. On the basis of the literature, the bootstrap floating supply and self-boost charge pump topology for a gate drive high-side power supply, as well as control signal isolated systems with optically-isolated signals or with capacitive signal isolation have been described and compared. New topologies of the Class-BD amplifiers with Common-Mode (CM) free outputs using PSC PWM - Phase Shifted Carrier Pulse Width presented in the paper, shows that almost all gate drivers of the output stage transistors require floating power supply and galvanic isolation of the control signals. In the case of such circuits with multi-level PWM output, the most reliable and robust method for the floating gate drive power supply and galvanic isolation is self-boost charge pump topology with capacitive control signal isolation. Correct operation of the output stage of the proposed Class-BD amplifiers as well as the PWM modulator and self-boost charge pump topologies with capacitive control signal isolation have been verified using intensive Pspice simulation.

scholarly journals A special high-frequency soft-switched DC/DC power supply for GCT gate driver

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahangir Afsharian
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Optimization Procedure ◽  
Power Supplies ◽  
Zero Voltage Switching ◽  
General Power ◽  
Gate Driver ◽  
Isolation Transformer ◽  
Experimental Use ◽  
Gate Drivers

This thesis is devoted to the development of a novel parallel isolated power supply (PIPS) for the gate driver of integrated Gate Commutated Thyristors (GCT). The proposed PIPS is essentially a special high frequency soft switched DC/DC converter, integrating six parallel isolated power supplies in one module where each power supply generates a regulated dc supply for the GCT gate driver. In commercial GCT power supplies, a high-voltage isolation transformer is indispensable but highly inefficient in terms of cost and size, which can be significantly improved by the optimized transformer. In all, this design strives to achieve a general power supply for powering up the gate drivers of all types of GCT devices in all MV applications with minimal changes in configuration. In this thesis, the configuration of PIPS is presented and its operating principle is elaborated. The transformer optimization procedure satisfying the voltage isolation requirement of GCT gate drivers is extensively discussed. The performance of PIPS, including the front end DC/DC converter, zero voltage switching phase-shift full bridge (ZVS-PS-FB) converter, and the optimization of the transformer, is verified by simulations and experiments where a 360W laboratory prototype is built for the experimental use.

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