Development of a class D resonant power converter for radio frequency heating

Unnikrishnan Raveendran Nair; Pramod Kumar Prasobhu; Stig Munk-Nielsen; Christian Uhrenfeldt; Szymon Michal Beczkowski

doi:10.1109/EPE.2016.7695556

Development of a class D resonant power converter for radio frequency heating

Unnikrishnan Raveendran Nair, Pramod Kumar Prasobhu, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Christian Uhrenfeldt, Szymon Michal Beczkowski

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Resonant converters find widespread application in the industries for Radio Frequency (RF) heating. Various topologies using vacuum tubes are currently used for such application. Realizing class D topologies with solid state devices could provide more reliability. This work explores possibility of developing a 1kW Class D resonant converter for heating applications using Si/SiC MOSFETs which can replace vacuum tube RF generators. A resonant gate driver which enables efficient switching and modularity along with some practical aspects in implementing a class D converter is discussed here. The results from the developed class D converter and the suggestions for improvement are also highlighted here.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe
Number of pages	10
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	25 Oct 2016
Article number	7695556
ISBN (Electronic)	978-9-0758-1524-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2016.7695556
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2016
Event	EPE'16 - ECCE: 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications - Karlsruhe Town Hall (Stadthalle), Karlsruhe, Germany Duration: 5 Sept 2016 → 9 Sept 2016 Conference number: 18 http://www.epe2016.com/

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Conference	EPE'16 - ECCE: 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications
Number	18
Location	Karlsruhe Town Hall (Stadthalle)
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Karlsruhe
Period	05/09/2016 → 09/09/2016
Internet address	http://www.epe2016.com/

Keywords

High frequency power converter
High power density systems
Industrial application
soft switching
ZVS converters

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Development of a class D resonant power converter for radio frequency heating. / Nair, Unnikrishnan Raveendran; Prasobhu, Pramod Kumar; Munk-Nielsen, Stig et al.
2016 18th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2016 ECCE Europe. IEEE, 2016. 7695556.

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