Improving High-Frequency Performance of an Input Common Mode EMI Filter Using an Impedance-Mismatching Filter

This letter investigates into the impedance interaction between the electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter and the noise propagation path, and its influences on the filter design. It proves that the impedance resonance in the propagation path decreases the filter's high-frequency in-circuit attenuation. This letter proposes a method to improve the filter's high-frequency performance using an impedance-mismatching filter. The impedance-mismatching filter damps the resonance in the common mode (CM) noise propagation path and eliminates the high-frequency noise spike. By applying this method in the filter design, the CM inductor of the EMI filter can be significantly reduced since the EMI filter avoids the overdesign caused by its high-frequency performance degradation, and the filter can potentially achieve high power density. This letter also proposed a design procedure for this impedance-mismatching filter. An improved EMI filter design method considering this impedance mismatching is also proposed in this letter.

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