Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC

Michael J Li

Mikhail Zarkhin

An interleaved switched mode power supply and control method therefor are disclosed. The interleaved switched mode power supply includes a first switched mode power supply; a second switched mode power supply; and a controller. The controller controls the first and second switched mode power supplies so that the controller and the first and second switched mode power supplies form an interleaved switched mode power supply with power factor correction. The controller modulates a switching frequency of each of the first and second switched mode power supplies such that the switching frequency varies based upon ripple current cancellation between the ripple current of the first switched mode power supply and the ripple current of the second switched mode power supply.

Method and device for switching frequency modulation in interleaved power factor correction for onboard charging applications

A charging system includes an AC-DC converter for connecting to AC mains; a DC-link connected to the AC-DC converter output; and a DC-DC converter having an input coupled to the AC-DC converter output, a control input, and an output. The DC-DC converter includes drive circuitry for controlling the DC-DC converter. A controller has a feedforward input for receiving a signal corresponding to a voltage across the DC-link, a feedback input for receiving a signal corresponding to an output current provided by the DC-DC converter, and an output coupled to the control input of the DC-DC converter. The controller generates a control signal which controls the drive circuitry based upon a positive half cycle and a negative half cycle of ripple voltage at the DC-link, and a ripple current amplitude at the DC-DC converter output during at least one of the positive half cycle or the negative half cycle.

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Michael J Li