Fig. 1. System block diagram of drive circuit
Fig. 2. Principle structure of driving circuit
Fig. 3. Inductance current discontinuous operation mode
Fig. 4. Inductance analysis. (a) Relationship between inductance charging time and inductance; (b) relationship between switching power consumption and drain current and conduction time
Fig. 5. Relationship between inductance and induced electromotive force
Fig. 6. Discharge circuit simulation under different conditions of output current pulse. (a) Under different capacitances; (b) under different load resistances; (c) under different parasitic inductors; (d) current pulse of discharge circuit
Fig. 7. Inductive current and capacitance high voltage waveform
Fig. 8. Experimental results of driving signals. (a) Drive signal; (b) signal rising edge
Fig. 9. Experimental test. (a) Test platform; (b) output pulse waveform of semiconductor laser
Fig. 10. Relationship between output peak current and time when driving circuit works for 3 h
Magnetic core type | Ferrite | Silicon steel sheet | Iron powder core | Fe-nickel-molybdenum alloy | High flux powder core |
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Iron loss | Minimum | High | High | Low | Low | Magnetic permeability /(H⋅m-1) | 250‒15000 | 4000 | 22‒99 | 14‒250 | 14‒160 | Temperature characteristic | Medium | Small | Small | Good | Small | Cost | Low | Low | Low | High | High |
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Table 1. Classification and comparison according to different inductance cores
Package | Winding form | Magnetic core shape | Framework material | Direct current resistance /Ω | Rated current /A |
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Chip inductor | Single layer winding | I-shape | Ferrite | 0.137 | 2.5 |
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Table 2. Specific parameters of power inductor
Parameter | Simulation result | Experimental result |
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Pulse width /ns | 3.5 | 3.8 | Rising edge /ns | 3.0 | 3.5 | Falling edge /ns | 3.3 | 3.7 | Peak current /A | 134 | 132 |
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Table 3. Simulation and experimental comparison results