Design considerations for power converters supplying the SAE J-1773 electric vehicle inductive coupler

Author

Kutkut, Nasser H. ; Klontz, Keith W.

Author_Institution

Soft Switching Technol. Corp., Middleton, WI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

23-27 Feb 1997

Firstpage

841

Abstract

Inductive charging technology offers a safe and reliable method for electric vehicle battery charging. With inductive charging, the energy is transferred to the electric vehicle via magnetic induction rather than metal-to-metal contact. The high frequency electric vehicle inductive charger is basically a transformer with movable/separable parts for which a recommended practice has been published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE J-1773). The practice specifies the inductive coupler (transformer) equivalent circuit and values. This paper investigates the design considerations for power converters suitable for supplying the SAE J-1773 inductive coupler. The investigated topologies utilize the coupler´s equivalent circuit components effectively

Keywords

battery chargers; electric vehicles; electromagnetic induction; equivalent circuits; power convertors; power supplies to apparatus; secondary cells; transformers; SAE J-1773 electric vehicle inductive coupler; Society of Automotive Engineers; electric vehicle battery charging; equivalent circuit; high frequency inductive charger; inductive charging technology; magnetic induction; metal-to-metal contact; power converters; transformer; Automobile manufacture; Automotive engineering; Batteries; Circuit topology; Contacts; Coupling circuits; Electric vehicles; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Power supplies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1997. APEC '97 Conference Proceedings 1997., Twelfth Annual

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3704-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.1997.575743

Filename

575743