A three-phase series-parallel resonant converter-analysis, design, simulation, and experimental results

Abstract

A three-phase DC-to-DC series-parallel resonant converter is proposed and its operating modes for a 180/spl deg/ wide gating pulse scheme are explained. A detailed analysis of the converter using a constant current model and the Fourier series approach is presented. Based on the analysis, design curves are obtained and a design example of a 1-kW converter is given. SPICE simulation results for the designed converter and experimental results for a 500-W converter are presented to verify the performance of the proposed converter for varying load conditions. The converter operates in lagging power factor (PF) mode for the entire load range and requires a narrow variation in switching frequency, to adequately regulate the output power.