Design of a GaN-Based Reconfigurable Resonant Converter for High Frequency On-Board Charger of Battery Electric Vehicles

Manh Tuan Tran; Haaris Rasool; Dai Duong Tran; Mohamed El Baghdadi; Philippe Lataire; Omar Hegazy

Design of a GaN-Based Reconfigurable Resonant Converter for High Frequency On-Board Charger of Battery Electric Vehicles

Manh Tuan Tran, Haaris Rasool, Dai Duong Tran, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Philippe Lataire, Omar Hegazy

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Abstract

In this paper, a reconfigurable resonant converter for On-board Chargers (OBCs) and its' design consideration is proposed. This approach allows high frequency operation with maximum efficiency and Zero-Voltage Switching (ZVS) for all primary switches over a wide range of load conditions. The proposed converter is a combination of a Full Bridge LLC (FB-LLC) and an LCL compensator to form a high order resonant network. Constant Current (CC) and Constant Voltage (CV) charging profiles can be implemented automatically by reconfiguring the resonant network on the secondary side. In this design, GaN-FETs and a high frequency planar transformer are employed to further take advantage of high frequency operation. A 300kHz-3.3kW hardware prototype was built. Simulation and experiment results are provided with a maximum efficiency of 97%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9789075815399
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe - Hanover, Germany Duration: 5 Sep 2022 → 9 Sep 2022

Publication series

Name	24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe

Conference

Conference	24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe
Country	Germany
City	Hanover
Period	5/09/22 → 9/09/22

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Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This research has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101006943, under the title of URBANIZED (https://urbanized.eu/). We also acknowledge Flanders Make for the support to our research group. .

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 EPE Association.

Copyright:
Copyright 2022 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

CC-CV (constant current constant voltage) charging
Electric vehicle On-Board charger
Reconfigurable resonant network

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Tran, M. T., Rasool, H., Tran, D. D., Baghdadi, M. E., Lataire, P., & Hegazy, O. (2022). Design of a GaN-Based Reconfigurable Resonant Converter for High Frequency On-Board Charger of Battery Electric Vehicles. In 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe (24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

Tran, Manh Tuan ; Rasool, Haaris ; Tran, Dai Duong ; Baghdadi, Mohamed El ; Lataire, Philippe ; Hegazy, Omar. / Design of a GaN-Based Reconfigurable Resonant Converter for High Frequency On-Board Charger of Battery Electric Vehicles. 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe).

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Tran MT , Rasool H , Tran DD , Baghdadi ME , Lataire P , Hegazy O. Design of a GaN-Based Reconfigurable Resonant Converter for High Frequency On-Board Charger of Battery Electric Vehicles. In 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. (24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2022 ECCE Europe).