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Planar MagneticsDeveloping new planar structures and verifying simplified models for both high- and low-power applications , while exploring new , flexible matrices of magnetic components that can be reconfigured online . As the power electronics industry continues to grow , and power supplies become smaller , from consumer electronics to large electric vehicles , there is increasing demand to miniaturise . Planar magnetics is a space-efficient technology that allows magnetic components to be tightly integrated with their circuit . |
Competitive Advantage • Novel planar magnetic matrices for flexible power supply systems
• Improved high-frequency transformers and inductors using planar electronics
• Advanced tools for the analysis , design and fabrication of novel magnetics
• Bespoke planar magnetic design and analysis
Impact Planar magnetics :
• reduces the cost of integrating magnetic components into mass production
• revises standards that currently underestimate capacity
• improves the performance of magnetic components
• The ability to reconfigure matrices of magnetic components online , delivers greater efficiency to transformers and inductors
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Capabilities and Facilities • Planar magnetics design and analysis tools , including finite element modelling
• Test and measurement systems to assess benefits and performance
Our Collaborators • Shandong BOFA Power Machinery
• Motorica
More Information Professor John Fletcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 6007
E : john . fletcher @ unsw . edu . au
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Successful Applications |
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• Applications in solid-state high-frequency transformers |
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• DC-DC power converters for supercapacitor storage and water treatment applications |
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