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Development of a Class D Resonant Power Converter for Radio Frequency heating
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Unnikrishnan RAVEENDRAN NAIR |
| Abstract |
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. |
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| Filename: | 0448-epe2016-full-16345268.pdf |
| Filesize: | 1.596 MB |
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Last modified 2017-04-13 by System |
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