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High precision scalable power converter for accelerator magnets

Accelerator Physics 2022-01-28 v2

Abstract

The lower conduction power losses and the positive temperature coefficient that favours parallel connections, make Silicon Carbide (SiC) metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) to be an excellent replacement of existing Silicon insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) technology. These characteristics combined with high switching frequency operation, enables the design of high-accuracy DC-DC converters with minimised filtering requirements. This paper investigates the design for a converter with high-accuracy current (0.9ppm) supplying a 0.05H electromagnetic load, aiming to achieve the accuracy without the use of active filters, by using SiC MOSFETs and a scalable module-based converter design.

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@article{arxiv.2201.10824,
  title  = {High precision scalable power converter for accelerator magnets},
  author = {Krister Leonart Haugen and Konstantinos Papastergiou and Panagiotis Asimakopoulos and Dimosthenis Peftitsis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.10824},
  year   = {2022}
}

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6 pages. Part of the proceedings of the 2021 TWEPP conference

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