PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gonzalez-Teodoro, Jorge Rafael
AU  - Romero-Cadaval, Enrique
AU  - Asensi, Rafael
AU  - Kindl, Vladimir
TI  - Equivalent Electrical Model of an Inductor Excited by a Triangular Current Including Saturation
DP  - 2020 Jul 8
TA  - Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina
PG  - 110--118
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
AID - 10.26552/com.C.2020.3.110-118
IS  - 13354205
AB  - A model for an equivalent electrical circuit designed for a ferrite (3C90) inductor usually used in power converters excited by a non-sinusoidal current appropriate for use in power electronics is proposed. This study, based on 3D finite element analysis, leads to significant precision advantages over 2D analysis for non-symmetric inductors. The frequency range of the analysis for the toroidal core was between 15 kHz and 1 GHz, with different levels of excitation in non-saturation and saturation status focusing on the power loss.