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Title Design of an Integrated Current-Voltage Charging Compensator for the LLC Resonant Converter-Based Li-ion Battery Charger
Authors Yeong-Jun Choi ; See-Young Choi ; Rae-Young Kim
DOI https://doi.org/10.6113/TKPE/2017.22.2.126
Page pp.126-133
ISSN 1229-2214
Keywords LLC resonant converter ; Battery charger ; Integrated compensator ; CC-CV charging profile
Abstract The conventional battery charger requires two separate voltage and current compensators to achieve constant current and constant-current-charging profile. This compensator configuration leads to an inevitable transient response during the mode change between the constant current and the constant voltage operation. Futhermore, a tedious and complicated design process is required to consider a widely changing battery voltage and the nonlinear electrical properties of Li-ion battery. This study proposes a single integrated voltage?current compensator of the LLC resonant converter for Li-ion battery charger applications to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks. The proposed compensator is designed to provide a smooth and reliable performance during the entire charging process while providing the reduced design efforts and seamless mode transient response. Several experimental results based on a 300 W prototype converter and its theoretical analysis are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed compensator.