Ceramic capacitors: Turning a deficiency into an advantage

Shmuel Sam Ben-Yaakov, Ilya Zeltser

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Abstract

The feasibility of applying standard commercial ceramic capacitors (CC) for controlling a series resonant converter was examined by a simulation model that was calibrated experimentally. The study reveals that the CC could be a viable control element for resonant converters. It is shown that CC controlled series resonant converter can be operated under ZVS. The results of this study show that control attributes of the capacitor controlled SRC are identical to those of the conventional frequency controlled SRC, if the range of the capacitor change is equal to the range of the frequency change in the conventional converter, squared. Based on the present investigation, capacitance ratios of 1:5 can be practically achieved with commercial CC. It was found that the nonlinearity nature of the CC has only a minor effect due to the narrow bandwidth nature of resonant converters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAPEC 2018 - 33rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages2879-2885
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781538611807
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Apr 2018
Event33rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2018 - San Antonio, United States
Duration: 4 Mar 20188 Mar 2018

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
Volume2018-March

Conference

Conference33rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio
Period4/03/188/03/18

Keywords

  • Capacitor's driver
  • Ceramic capacitors
  • Ferroelectric dielectric
  • SPICE
  • Series resonant converter
  • Simulation
  • Soft switching
  • Voltage dependent capacitors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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