TY - GEN
T1 - Applicability and limitations of an M2Spice-assisted planar-magnetics-in-the-circuit simulation approach
AU - Gunter, Samantha J.
AU - Chen, Minjie
AU - Pavlick, Stephanie A.
AU - Abramson, Rose A.
AU - Afridi, Khurram K.
AU - Perreault, David J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/5/10
Y1 - 2016/5/10
N2 - Planar magnetics design for power electronics naturally involves many tradeoffs, especially in the selection of the core size, winding structure and printed circuit board stackup. Magnetics-in-the-circuit SPICE simulations can facilitate quick magnetics design evaluation and iteration. This paper introduces and evaluates a planar-magnetics-in-the-circuit simulation approach with an M2Spice software tool, which has been developed based on an earlier presented Modular Layer Model (MLM) analysis approach [1]. M2Spice converts the magnetics geometry into a SPICE netlist, which can be simulated with other circuit elements in a power converter under a unified setup. This paper presents an analysis of the applicability and limitations of this approach across wide frequency bands, followed by an evaluation of the accuracy of the SPICE simulation results (by comparing the simulation results to finite-element-modeling (FEM) results and experimental measurements). Multiple planar magnetics prototypes are designed, modeled, simulated, built, and measured, with results reported and discussed.
AB - Planar magnetics design for power electronics naturally involves many tradeoffs, especially in the selection of the core size, winding structure and printed circuit board stackup. Magnetics-in-the-circuit SPICE simulations can facilitate quick magnetics design evaluation and iteration. This paper introduces and evaluates a planar-magnetics-in-the-circuit simulation approach with an M2Spice software tool, which has been developed based on an earlier presented Modular Layer Model (MLM) analysis approach [1]. M2Spice converts the magnetics geometry into a SPICE netlist, which can be simulated with other circuit elements in a power converter under a unified setup. This paper presents an analysis of the applicability and limitations of this approach across wide frequency bands, followed by an evaluation of the accuracy of the SPICE simulation results (by comparing the simulation results to finite-element-modeling (FEM) results and experimental measurements). Multiple planar magnetics prototypes are designed, modeled, simulated, built, and measured, with results reported and discussed.
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U2 - 10.1109/APEC.2016.7468013
DO - 10.1109/APEC.2016.7468013
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84973637681
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
SP - 1138
EP - 1147
BT - 2016 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 31st Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2016
Y2 - 20 March 2016 through 24 March 2016
ER -