O'Sullivan, D;Willers, M;Egan, MG;Hayes, JG;Nguyen, PT;Henze, CP

PESC 2000: 31ST ANNUAL IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3

Power-factor-corrected single-stage inductive charger for electric vehicle batteries

2000

January

Validated

1

WOS: 5 ()

CONVERTER

509

516

A novel power-factor-corrected single-stage ac-de converter for inductive charging of electric vehicle batteries is introduced. The resonant converter uses the current-source characteristic of the series-parallel topology to provide power factor correction over a wide output power range from zero to full load. Some design guidelines for this converter are outlined An approximate small-signal model of the converter is also presented. Experimental results verify the operation of the new converter.