Skip to main content
APEC 2026 Main banner

    Vehicular Power Electronic Circuits and Systems

    D08.1 - Evaluation of Novel Integrated Charger Inverter Architectures for Electric Vehicles

    Thursday, March 26, 2026
    12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Location: Poster 8
    The increased drive range, higher reliability, technology maturity, policy changes, and growing charging stations are expanding the Electric Vehicle (EV) penetration in the transportation sector. The traditional EV contains a power electronic converter for driving and a low-power on-board charger. An integrated charger that can facilitate AC and DC charging at different power levels can significantly increase the time for charging, drive range, and maximize the existing power electronic converter usage. This paper presents two distinct integrated charger inverter configurations that utilize the same sub-systems in order to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each design from an application perspective. The proposed charger utilizes the motor drive inverter for charging the EV, which enables both single-phase/three-phase AC charging, as well as DC charging. Furthermore, a Dual-Active-Bridge dc-dc converter is proposed to improve performance and galvanic isolation. The proposed architectures have been evaluated through simulation and experimental studies at prototype level.