A Hybrid Control Strategy of LCC-S Compensated WPT System for Wide Output Voltage and ZVS Range With Minimized Reactive Current

To regulate the output voltage of inductor–capacitor–capacitor-series (
LCC
-S) compensated wireless power transfer (WPT) system, a hybrid control strategy of phase shift modulation (PSM) and a switch-controlled capacitor is presented in this article. In the proposed hybrid control strategy,
LCC
-S compensated WPT system can realize wide output voltage regulation with zero voltage switching (ZVS), and the reactive current in a resonant tank can be minimized in the whole voltage range. Besides, the current in the primary coil of
LCC
-S compensated WPT system can be regulated with PSM, which helps to reduce the power loss of the primary coil at light load. Compared with conventional dual-loop hybrid control, the proposed hybrid control can regulate two control variables with one feedback loop simultaneously. To verify the theoretical analysis, a 500-W prototype with 400-V input voltage, 100−250-V output voltage is built. The experimental results show that the inverter can realize ZVS within the whole voltage range and a peak efficiency of 94.7% can be obtained.