• DocumentCode
    272772
  • Title

    Multilevel PRC-LCC resonant converter for X-ray generation

  • Author

    Martín-Ramos, J.A. ; Pardo-Vaquero, O. ; Villegas, P.J. ; Martínez, J.A. ; Pernía, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Edificios Dept. Oeste, Univ. de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    7 23 2015
  • Firstpage
    1189
  • Lastpage
    1191
  • Abstract
    X-ray power supplies must operate under a wide variety of conditions. In fluoroscopy mode, they must transfer from 20 W to 1.2 kW, while in radiography mode they reach up to 100 kW. Input voltage range is also wide: from 400 to 750 V. Designers must achieve full power with lower input voltage, accepting important drops in efficiency under other circumstances. A two-inverter multilevel resonant topology is proposed to address these problems. Adapting the resonant elements, the resulting power stage is versatile enough to minimise the resonant current for both radiography and fluoroscopy. Input voltage fluctuations are compensated by the inverter operations.
  • Keywords
    X-ray apparatus; invertors; radiography; resonant power convertors; X-ray generation; X-ray power supplies; fluoroscopy mode; input voltage fluctuations; multilevel PRC-LCC resonant converter; power 20 W to 1.2 kW; radiography mode; resonant current minimization; resonant elements; two-inverter multilevel resonant topology; voltage 400 V to 750 V;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2015.0629
  • Filename
    7163392