High-resolution FPGA-pulse width modulation applied to PFC 2 MHz converter using eGaN field effect transistor

Abstract

This study proposes an implementation based on a low-cost field-programmable gate array (FPGA) of a high-resolution pulse width modulation applied on a single-phase power factor correction (PFC) converter operating with 2 MHz switch frequency. The PFC was implemented using a half-bridge enhancement-mode Gallium Nitride (eGaN) field effect transistor with on-board gate drives (EPC9003 development board) and the MAX10 FPGA.

Keywords

• field programmable gate arrays
• power factor correction
• PWM power convertors
• switching convertors
• gallium compounds
• III-V semiconductors
• wide band gap semiconductors
• field effect transistor circuits
• bridge circuits
• GaN
• frequency 2.0 MHz
• EPC9003 development board
• half-bridge field effect transistor
• PFC converter
• switch frequency
• field-programmable gate array
• high-resolution FPGA-pulse width modulation
• MAX10 FPGA
• on-board gate drives
• single-phase power factor correction converter