A 2-kW, 95% Efficiency Inductive Power Transfer System Using Gallium Nitride Gate Injection Transistors

• Main Authors: Cai, Aaron Qingwei, Siek, Liter
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Enhancement mode gallium nitride (GaN); Electric vehicles (EVs)
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83228; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42488
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents an inductive power transfer (IPT) system targeting at electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid EVs. IPT systems provide significant benefits over the conventional plug-in chargers. However, in order for IPT to be adopted for EV charging, efficiency is a key figure of merit, which needs...