Design and Analysis of Planar Symmetric Six-Phase Coupled Inductors
Résumé
This paper presents a new symmetric design of multi-phase coupled inductors where all phase inductors share one ferrite core. Designed multi-phase inductors were fabricated using the printed circuit board (PCB) technology. One-layer and two-layer designs have been analyzed and compared. Designed planar ferrite cores were fabricated in custom shape with the ferrite materials, C2025 and CN20, commercially available from Ceramic Magnetics, Inc. The core that is mounted on the PCB with printed inductors represents a compact planar component with six inductors mutually coupled with their adjacent inductors. These multi-phase coupled inductors are intended to be used in multi-phase dc/dc converters for switching frequencies near and >1 MHz. Electrical properties of the components were analyzed by a finite-element modeling software and an impedance analyzer HP4194A in the frequency range from 50 kHz to 40 MHz. Distribution of the magnetic flux density in the component has also been performed. One-layer structure component was tested for basic operation with a six-phase dc/dc buck converter in the open-loop steady-state 6 × 1 operation mode
Mots clés
DC-DC power convertors
coupled circuits
design engineering
ferrite devices
finite element analysis
magnetic flux
power engineering computing
power inductors
printed circuits
C2025
CN20
Ceramic Magnetics Inc
HP4194A
PCB technology
adjacent inductors
compact planar component
electrical properties
ferrite materials
finite-element modeling software
impedance analyzer
magnetic flux density distribution
multiphase coupled inductors
multiphase dc-dc converters
one-layer designs
planar ferrite cores
planar symmetric six-phase coupled inductor analysis
planar symmetric six-phase coupled inductor design
printed circuit board technology
printed inductors
switching frequencies
two-layer designs
Couplings
Inductance
Resonant frequency
DC/dc conversion
ferrites
inductors
magnetic cores
mutual coupling