Automotive battery charger with switched source
Josep A. Ramon Guasch, David González PérezUniversity of Girona.
Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Automation. Systems Engineering and Automation Area
This work shows the development of a battery charger for the automotive industry that covers a wide spectrum of charging capacities. To reduce the size and weight, a half-bridge forward switched DC/DC converter is used. The supervision and control of the system is carried out through a PIC type microcontroller in such a way that a reduction in the necessary circuitry is obtained. The use of a microprocessed system allows different types of load adapting to each situation by program. The final result is a charger that is small in size, robust and much more efficient than a conventional charger, by using a switched converter.
