A comparative power transmission between air core trans-former and lron core transformer of class-e power amplifier

Abstract

This paper presents the simulation and experimental result of class-E power amplifier. It is often used in designing a high frequency ac power source because its ability to perform the conversion efficiently even at high frequencies with significant reduction of switching losses. This paper aims to compare the transmission performance of electrical power between the air core transformer and iron core transformer which the identical input voltage of 50 VAC. Both transformers are designed to step voltage up (step up transformer) ratio of 1:4.5. The Arduino microcontroller Arduino was used to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) with operating frequency of 3.74 kHz. IC gate drive TC4422 was used to drive the IRF510 MOSFET. Based on the simulation and experimental results, the power loss in air core transformer is 75 percent while power loss in iron core transformer is 0.2 percent. The maximum distance that can transmit electric power of air core transformer is 9.3 centimeters.