ECEN5817 Lecture 44

On-campus students: • Pick up final exam• Pick up final exam• Due by 2pm on Wednesday, May 9 in the instructor’s office

Off-campus students:• Pick up and submit the exam via D2L • Exam is due in 5 days from the start time but no work will be

accepted after 5pm MT on Wednesday, May 16

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ECEN5817 Lecture 44

Dual-active-bridge converter*

Q1 Q3 Q5 Q7 +

Vg V+–

v2 v4 v6 v81:n

Q2 Q4Q6 Q8

_

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* R.W.A.A. De Doncker, D.M. Divan, M.H. Kheraluwala, "A Three-phase Soft-Switched High-Power-Density DC-DC Converter for High-Power Applications," IEEE Tran. on Industry Applications, Jan/Feb 1991, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 63-73.

DCX (V/nVg = 1) waveforms neglecting resonant transitions

V V+

Q1

v2

Q3

v4

Q5

v6

Q7

v8

+

1:nLl

+ +

io

il

Vg V–

Q2 Q4Q6 Q8

_

vp_

vs_

dTs/2

0 < d < 1Phase shift

vp pko IdnI )1( 2

2 sg TdV

Ivs/n

22 s

l

gpk d

LI

sg dTVI

il2

s

l

gpk L

I

)1( ddTV

I sg

nioIpk

nIo

)1(2

ddnL

Il

o

Note how phase shift d controls the

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Ts/2 Ts

shift d controls the DCX power flow

Dual Active Bridge (DAB) DC-DC Converter

Cp Cp Cs Cs

Q1 Q3 Q5 Q7

Ll 1:nt

io

+

–

+

–

+

–VoutCout

Q Q Q Q

il

t

Vg vp vs Rout

150-to-12 V, 100 W

Cp Cp Cs Cs

Q2 Q4 Q6 Q8

i• Zero-voltage switching of all

1 MHzEfficiency: 97.5%

ilvds6

vds2 vds4

transistors

• Relatively low peak and RMS current stresses

vds2 vds4 • Circuit design trade-offs driven by primary-side device Cp, and secondary-side device Ron

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[1] D. Costinett, H. Nguyen, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “GaN-FET based dual active bridge DC-DC converter,” IEEE APEC 2011. [2] D. Costinett, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, "Automatic voltage and dead time control for efficiency optimization in a dual active bridge

converter," IEEE APEC 2012.

Effects of primary-side device capacitance0 5

++ Poutil

Ll 1:nt

Vg v v

0

0.5

I l [A]

il

––

outlg vp vs

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1-0.5

time [sec]

400 400 t 12 V 100 W

-200

0

200

V p [V]

Cp = 70 pF

Cp = 40 pF

Cp = 20 pF

vp

400-to-12 V, 100 W

1.35

1.4

16

18Ig,rmsntiout,rmsL

• Primary ZVS minimizes primary-side

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1-400

time [sec]

vp

1.2

1.25

1.3

curr

ents

[A]

10

12

14L l [

μH]

Ll

switching losses

• A larger device Cp requires larger Ll, and longer transition times, which results in larger peak and RMS

1.05

1.1

1.15

RM

S c

4

6

8

L

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results in larger peak and RMS currents, i.e. larger conduction loss on both primary and secondary sides

0 100 200 300 400 5001

0 100 200 300 400 5002

Cp [pF]

Device comparison for DAB application

Si vs. GaN Transistors, 20-40VSi vs. GaN Transistors, 200V

Ron

[pF

·Ω]

Ron

[pF

·Ω]

Cos

s·R

Cos

s·R

Data-sheet based comparison of Si and GaN (EPC 2011) devicesD t h t C t 100V 20V d Q t t d lt V

Qg·Ron [pC·Ω]Qg·Ron [nC·Ω]

Datasheet Coss at 100V or 20V, and Qg at rated voltage VGS

• DAB circuit design trade-offs decided by primary-side CossRon, and secondary-side device QgRon

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Device Loss Comparison: 150-12 V DAB

Primary Gate Drive LossSecondary Gate Drive Loss

S C

W]

Secondary Conduction Loss

Primary Conduction Loss

Loss

[WP

ower

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Efficiency optimization via control

0.97

0.98

il

vgs6100

W

150-to-(10-12) V conversion

0.93

0.94

0.95

0.96

cien

cy

vgs2 vgs4

W

0.9

0.91

0.92

0.93

Eff

ic

Manual Optimization

Constant Vout

Automatic Vout Regulation

80W

20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 1200.88

0.89

Output Power [W]

out g

W20

W

Vout/Vg conversion ratio controlled to maximize efficiency over wider power

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maximize efficiency over wider power range

Dual active bridge DC-DC converter summary

• At V/nVg = 1 (DCX), waveforms are close to ideal if F << 1

• ZVS of all semiconductors for loads greater than a minimum

• ZVS can be extended to lighter loads by adjusting conversion ratio

• Phase shift can be used to control the conversion ratio (non-DCX operation)

• High step-down, or high step-up conversion ratios feasible at high efficiencies (well above 90%).

• Bidirectional power flow is possible

• For standard unidirectional applications, the secondary-side bridge can be just diodes (operation is similar, but not the same)

• Half-bridge and push-pull variations are available

• Some DAB issues: • Transformer saturation (may require a series blocking capacitor)

• Switching frequency trade-offs (F << 1; transformer and inductor core and proximity losses)

• Significant new developments in Power Electronics based on emerging compound

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• Significant new developments in Power Electronics based on emerging compound semiconductor (elements from 2 or more groups of the periodic table) devices (e.g. GaN, GaAs, SiC)

Application example:Automotive battery power management in a fuel-cell vehicle*

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*F. Krismer, J.W.Kolar, “Accurate Power Loss Model Derivation of a High-Current Dual Active Bridge Converter for an Automotive Application, IEEE Trans. On Industrial Electronics, March 2010

Efficiency results

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Power flow control in 3-phase AC power distribution*

• Purpose: control active and reactive power flow; increasingly important function in AC power distribution systems with distributed resources

• Solution above requires bulky 50/60 Hz transformers, e.g. for a 6.6 kV, 1 MVA unit, each transformer weights around 4,000 kg

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* A. Inoue, H. Akagi, “A Bidirectional Isolated DC–DC Converter as a Core Circuit of the Next-Generation Medium-Voltage Power Conversion System,” IEEE Trans. on Power Elect., March 2007

Solution based on modular DCX

• Each cell can be switched as +E, -E, or 0

• With N = 9 cells, a total 19 levels are available to synthesize high-quality sine-wave

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Converter realization

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Spring 2013: ECEN 5807 Modeling and Control of Power Electronics

• Averaged switch modeling and simulation (Section 7.4 and Appendix B)

• Techniques of Design-Oriented Analysis, with Application to Switching q g y , pp gConverters

• Middlebrook's Extra Element Theorem (Appendix C)

• Input Filter Design (Chapter 10)p g ( p )

• The n-Extra Element Theorem

• Middlebrook's Feedback Theorem

• Dynamic modeling and simulation of converters operating in • Dynamic modeling and simulation of converters operating in discontinuous conduction mode (Chapter 11 and Appendix B)

• Introduction to sampled-data modeling

• Current Programmed Control (Chapter 12 and Appendix B)• Current Programmed Control (Chapter 12 and Appendix B)

• Introduction to Digital Control of Switching Converters

• Power-Factor Correction Rectifiers (Chapters 16-18)

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Professional Certificate in Power Electronics

Awarded upon completion of ECEN5797, ECEN5807 and ECEN5817

Send a request to Adam Sadoff, ECEE graduate program administratorsadoff@schof.colorado.ed

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New courses offered in Fall 2012 and Spring 2013ECEN5017 Power Electronics for Electric Drive Vehicles

Fall 2012

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New courses offered in Fall 2012 and Spring 2013ECEN5737 Adjustable Speed AC Drives

Spring 2013

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New DOE GATE Center: Innovative Drivetrains in Electric Automotive Technology Education (IDEATE)

Joint center between CU-Boulder and UC Colorado Springs campusesGraduate certificate in battery controls and electric drivetrains

http://mocha-java.uccs.edu/ideate/

Graduate certificate in battery controls and electric drivetrains

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Th k f h d k d l k i h h fi lThank you for your hard work, good luck with the finals

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