Monolithic Magnetic Couplers for Interleaved Converters with a High Number of Cells

Conference: CIPS 2006 - 4th International Conference on Integrated Power Systems
06/07/2006 - 06/09/2006 at Naples, Italy

Proceedings: CIPS 2006

Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Meynard, T.; Costan, V.; Sarraute, E. (LEEI, Toulouse, France)
Forest, F. (LEM, Montpellier, France)
Labouré, E.; Cunière, A. (SATIE, Cachan, France)

Abstract:
Interleaved power converters are now widely used because they generate an apparent switched voltage at a frequency equal to the switching frequency multiplied by the number of cells which allows reducing the output filter. This advantage can be maximised by using a high number of cells, but other constraints limit existing designs to relatively small number of cells. This paper addresses interleaved parallel converters and shows how the magnetic components can be optimized to allow high number of cells.