EECE 491-01

POWER ELECTRONICS IN
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
LECTURE 4: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
IN IMPLEMENTING
SWITCHING POWER-POLES

Slides by: Dr. Mahmoud Amin

ECE Dep., Manhattan College
 Practical Considerations in Implementing
Switching Power-Poles

• Gate Driver ICs

• Design Considerations
– Thermal Considerations
– Magnetic Components
– Capacitors
– Selection of Switching Frequency
• Diode Reverse Recovery Characteristic
– Conduction Losses
– Increase in Switching Losses
Gate Driver Integrated Circuits (ICs) with Built-in
Fault Protection
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
PSpice Modeling:
Simulation Results: Individual and Total
Admittances
 Simulink Modeling Example:

In the Buck converter, various parameters are as follows:

L=100 µH, RL=10 mΩ, C=100 µF and Rload=9 Ω. The input voltage Vin=24V, The
switching frequency fs=100 kHz and the switching duty ratio d=0.75.
1. Display the waveforms, after reaching the steady state, during the last
switching cycles for iL, vL, and vo
2. Plot the average value of vL
3. Plot iL and measure the peak-peak ripple ∆iL
4. Plot ic waveform. What is the average of ic.
5. Plot the input current waveform and calculate its average
Thermal Design
Design Tradeoffs
Diode Reverse Recovery and Power Losses
Effect of Diode Reverse Recovery Current:
 Summary

• Practical Implementation Considerations

– Gate Driver ICs
– Design Considerations
• Thermal Considerations
• Magnetic Components
• Capacitors
• Selection of Switching Frequency
– Diode Reverse Recovery Characteristics
• Conduction Losses
• Increase in Switching Losses