Improved core loss calculation for magnetic components employed in power electronic system

In modern power electronic systems, voltages across inductors/transformers generally show rectangular shapes, as the voltage across an inductor/transformer can be positive, negative or zero. In the stage of zero applied voltage (constant flux) core losses are not necessarily zero. At the beginning of a period of constant flux, losses still occur in the material. This is due to relaxation processes. A physical explanation about magnetic relaxation is given and a new core loss modeling approach that takes such relaxation effects into consideration is introduced. The new loss model is called i2GSE and has been verified experimentally.

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