A Burst Mode and Variable Frequency Voltage Sharing Control Mechanism for an Adjustable High Voltage Pulsed Converter

This article presents a modular adjustable high-voltage pulse (MAHVP) generation system. The proposed MAHVP generation system uses a combination of full-bridge LLC resonant converters whose input terminals are connected in parallel and whose output terminals are in series to boost the output voltage; input parallel output series configuration efficiently increases the power holding capabilities of the overall system. The MAHVP generation system uses a novel burst mode and variable frequency voltage sharing (BMVFVS) control mechanism, the BMVFVS control mechanism senses the type of load if the MAHVP generation system needs to operate at a heavy load, it uses the variable frequency voltage sharing method to divide the power equally between the modules to enhance the overall performance. For light load conditions, the MAHVP generation system operates in burst mode, and the BMVFVS control mechanism combined with the frequency modulation technique is used to control the amplitude and pulsewidth of the output voltage smoothly and efficiently. A hardware prototype of 2.4 kW is developed, and experimental results are taken to verify the feasibility and validity of the proposed system, the maximum output voltage of the developed two-module prototype is tested up to 6 kV at the high efficiency of 97%.

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