Design and Implementation of GaN-based Dual-Active-Bridge DC/DC Converters

Guan, Quanxue; Rubino, Luigi; Wang, Zhenyu; Bozhko, Serhiy

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of multicellular isolated bidirectional dual-active-bridge (DAB) DC/DC converters which are the core equipment of the European CleanSkyII Project ASPIRE. Both the primary and the secondary H-bridge circuits use gallium nitride (GaN) devices which enable high frequency operation. Between two H-bridge circuits is a planner transformer which is customized for the frequency range from 100kHz to 300kHz, saving the volume and weight. Three proportional integral controllers in parallel are also proposed to control the power transfer and compensate the DC offset values to the transformer, providing efficient operation in both buck and boost modes, allowing on-fly turn-on, turn-off and fast power reversal. Experiment results validate that the converters satisfy the requirements of the Project ASPIRE for the use in more electric aircrafts.

Citation

Guan, Q., Rubino, L., Wang, Z., & Bozhko, S. (2020, October). Design and Implementation of GaN-based Dual-Active-Bridge DC/DC Converters. Presented at IECON 2020 - 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Singapore, Singapore

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: IECON 2020 - 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
• Start Date: Oct 18, 2020
• End Date: Oct 21, 2020
• Acceptance Date: Aug 24, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Nov 19, 2020
• Publication Date: Nov 19, 2020
• Deposit Date: May 21, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: May 21, 2021
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 2901-2906
• Series Title: Annual Conference of Industrial Electronics Society
• Series ISSN: 1553-572X
• ISBN: 9781728154152
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9254710
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5561662
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9254710
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