Optimal Design of LLC Resonant DC Transformer under Adaptive Frequency Tracking Strategy

• Main Authors: Yu Tang, Dekai Kong, Chenxu Duan, Hao Sun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
• Series: Electronics
• Subjects: LLC resonant converter; frequency tracking; DC transformer
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/12/2160

In recent years, the LLC (inductor–inductor–capacitor) DC transformer has been widely used in communication and computer power supply because of its advantages of zero voltage conduction of primary switch and zero current turn off concerning the output rectifier diode. To obtain higher transmission efficiency and make the LLC DC transformer always run at the optimal operating point, the switching frequency of the LLC DC transformer should work at the resonance frequency of the circuit. In actual conditions, the optimal operating frequency of the LLC DC transformer will be changed due to the influences of the working condition on the circuit parameters and the load change. Therefore, the LLC DC transformer controlled by the fixed frequency mode will not be in the best working condition. In this paper, an adaptive frequency tracking method is used to control the circuit; when the circuit parameters change, the LLC DC transformer can always be in the best working state. Then, the influence of circuit parameters such as output power and excitation inductor on the optimal working point of the LLC DC transformer is analyzed in detail. Finally, a 1 kW LLC resonant converter prototype is designed under laboratory conditions to verify the feasibility of the control strategy.