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Bridges - Part IV: Half-Bridge with output filter
Methods to reduce load ripple current and voltage at the output of a half-bridge
Half bridge with output filter
Which filter? LC! If your inductive load requires a reduced ripple current or voltage, you may add an output LC filter but...this becomes a synchronous buck! Yes, you can use a current-controlled buck to drive the load with the required current and improved EMI/ripple performance. Look at the image below as a reference.
Load analysis
Since you want to drive an averaged current in the load and the additional LC filter is just adding a ripple reduction feature, the well-known half bridge formulas are still valid. $$V_{load,avg} = \frac{V_{sup} T_{on}}{T} = V_{sup} D$$ $$I_{load,avg} = \frac{V_{load,avg}}{R_{load}}$$
Both the voltage across the load and the current in the load are a sinusoid superimposed to a constant value (ideally a constant).
LC filter analysis
Now, the LC filter must be designed and its components must be chosen following the parameters listed below:
- LC inductor value: its value depends on the maximum ripple current tolerated in the inductor itself
- LC capacitor value: it is chosen so that the limit on the maximum output ripple voltage is satisfied
- Overall cutoff frequency: knowing the switching frequency, the desired amount of harmonics on the load current/voltage should be reduced below the required design parameter
- System dynamic response: the power stage control must be accounted for early during design, since LC filter affects it negatively, especially for very low cutoff frequency (very high inductor/capacitor values); if the inductor value is in the order of the load inductance, then the maximum load current slope could be reduced a lot
- Power dissipation: remember that, for example, the higher the inductance value, the higher the DCR of the inductance, so don't forget to check for power dissipation in both the LC components; capacitor too experiments higher dissipation if its value is too low, because of a higher output ripple current
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