Power supply topology for lidar system onboard UAV platform

Guoqing Zhou; Jiazhi Yang; Xinchen Yu; Wei Zhu

doi:10.1117/12.912607

24 October 2011 Power supply topology for lidar system onboard UAV platform

Guoqing Zhou, Jiazhi Yang, Xinchen Yu, Wei Zhu

Proceedings Volume 8286, International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping 2011: Technologies and Applications; 828606 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912607
Event: International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping Technologies, 2011, Nanjing, China

Abstract

Laser diode adopted in LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) onboard a small low-cost UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - UAV) platform usually requires its carried components to be light in weight, small in volume, and specially efficient in energy supply. A DC-DC converter and a fast switch are often applied for the traditional power supply to drive the LiDAR system. This traditional method is not proper for application in a UAV platform. This paper provides a novel power supply topology, which consists of two coupled coils, pulse generator circuit, and a fast switch. The power supply topology has been designed, assembled, tested, and confirmed to generate pulse voltage of 100-300 V, up to 120 A pulse current, 50-200 μs pulse width, and 50 Hz maximum pulse frequency. The driver circuit is very simple, but could restrain current surge efficiently. This ensures that the laser diode does not be disturbed. It is demonstrated that it is sufficient to drive a laser diode used in LiDAR onboard UAV, and meets the requirement of weight and volume. Now the driver has been manufactured for application in UAV-based airborne lidar sample system.

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Guoqing Zhou, Jiazhi Yang, Xinchen Yu, and Wei Zhu "Power supply topology for lidar system onboard UAV platform", Proc. SPIE 8286, International Symposium on Lidar and Radar Mapping 2011: Technologies and Applications, 828606 (24 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912607

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