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Summary: A 2‐channel LED driver is presented herein, which possesses non‐pulsating input current and automatic current sharing. There are 4 features in the proposed LED driver. First, due to an input inductor, the input current is non‐pulsating, which makes the life of the renewable energy module or input capacitor longer. Second, each coupled inductor winding has a capacitor connected in series. Therefore, the dc magnetizing bias current is zero, and this can improve the iron core utilization, making the core loss and size reduced. Third, the number of LED channels can be extended by increasing windings. Fourth, the LED currents can be almost identical even if there are different LED numbers in LED strings. Eventually, the proposed LED driver is verified by simulation and experiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Random pulse width modulation (RPWM) approaches can make the harmonic spectrum of inverter output voltage be continuously distributed without affecting the fundamental frequency component, and thus the acoustic noise and mechanical vibration of an inverter-fed ac motor drive are greatly reduced. However, the analysis and design of the RPWM mechanisms are generally not so trivial for practical engineers that their applications are limited. In this paper, a random frequency PWM (RFPWM) inverter and its practical design procedure are presented. First, the effects of the attributes of random signal on the inverter output harmonic spectrum distribution characteristics are analyzed using intuitive concept. Then based on which, the quantitative design, Simulink simulation and implementation of the proposed RFPWM inverter are introduced. The proposed RFPWM inverter is employed to power an indirect field-oriented induction motor drive. The simulated and measured results indicate that uniform random distribution of inverter output harmonic spectrum and thus smaller acoustic noise and mechanical vibration are obtained by the proposed RFPWM scheme. Index Terms--Induction motor drive, intuitive analysis, quantitative design, random frequency pwm.

Summary: In this study, an extensible 2‐phase interleaved high step‐up converter with automatic current balance is presented. This converter uses coupled inductors and energy‐transferring capacitors to improve the voltage gain of the traditional 2‐phase interleaved boost converter as well as employs these energy transferring capacitors to do automatic current balance. Furthermore, the voltage gain can be enhanced not only by adjusting the turns ratio but also by increasing the numbers of phases, diodes, and energy‐transferring capacitors. Therefore, it can be used in high input current and high step‐up voltage applications. In this paper, the basic operating principles of the proposed converter are described and analyzed, and finally, its effectiveness is demonstrated by experiment. In addition, the field‐programmable gate array, named EP13T100C8N and manufactured by Altera Co, is used as a control kernel, and an experimental prototype, with input voltage of 12 V, output voltage of 200 V, and rated output power of 200 W, is given to provide the effectiveness of the proposed converter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, a new bridgeless buck power factor correction (PFC) rectifier is presented. The proposed buck PFC rectifier is designed to operate in the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). Because of the DCM operation, the control scheme of the proposed buck PFC rectifier is simple and easy, and the reverse recovery problem of the diodes can be alleviated. Because the input current follows the input voltage naturally, the current loop circuit is not required. Thus, only the traditional voltage-mode control is employed to sense the output voltage, and a suitable control effort for the proposed buck PFC rectifier is generated to drive the power switches. Consequently, the output voltage of the proposed buck PFC rectifier can be kept at a desired value. Finally, the mathematical deductions and experimental results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed bridgeless buck PFC rectifier. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]