Reducing Electromagnetic Interference in Three-Level T-type Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter Using a Snubber Circuit

Abstract

Electromagnetic interference is the main problem in high switching power converters like DC-DC converters. One of the solution methods for electromagnetic interference reduction is to design a snubber circuit. The snubber circuit is a practical method to reduce fluctuations caused by parasitic components from the layout and non-ideal characteristics of switching devices. An effective snubber circuit design increases the converter's efficiency and reduces EMI noise. In this paper, electromagnetic interference is reduced using different snubber circuits in a three-level T-type isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter. The converter is simulated in PSIM to see the effectiveness of the noise reduction with the snubber circuits. CISPR 25 standard is used for the compliance assessment in the study.

Keywords

• dc-dc converter
• electromagnetic interference
• snubber
• T-type converter

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