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A new switched capacitor (SC) converter for powering miniature sensor systems with wide load current and output voltage ranges is proposed in this paper. By adopting a multiple-ratio SC stage and reconfigurable stage interconnect scheme, the proposed converter offers fine granularity of conversion ratios, which improves efficiency for light load operation. The multiple-leaf structure for switch size...
High gain DC-DC converters have become increasingly popular in recent years as there is greater need to interface low voltage DC sources such as solar cells and batteries with much higher voltage DC buses. A new high gain DC-DC converter with high gain, galvanic isolation and an integrated passive snubber network is proposed in the paper. In the paper, the general operation of the converter is discussed,...
DC grid technology is regarded as a promising solution for future electric networks integrating a great amount of renewable energies. It calls for high-efficiency bidirectional dc-dc converters with a high step-up ratio to interconnect mediumvoltage dc (MVDC) distribution grids and high-voltage dc (HVDC) transmission grids. This paper focuses on dynamic performance and fault-tolerant capability of...
In this paper, a resonant switched-capacitor dc-dc converter is proposed for data center application. The proposed converter possesses features such as high efficiency, high power density and light-weight. Zero current switching (ZCS) can be achieved with the resonant operation, which allows the converter operating under high efficiency. Proper switching device selection and in-depth power loss analysis...
This paper presents a simple passive voltage balancing circuit for a modular DC/DC step-up converter for medium voltage (MV) DC grid in wind energy systems. The proposed auxiliary circuit is able to balance the capacitor voltages over a wide range of operating points. Regarding the converter, high frequency step-up resonant circuits with high gain rectifier modules are combined to form a modular step-up...
A reliable modular dc-dc converter that is well-suited to the MVDC grid applications is proposed in this paper. This converter benefits from zero current turn-off and soft turn-on switching; hence, it can use naturally commutated switches such as silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCR). SCRs offer numerous advantages over other types of switches, among them are simple control, long lifetime, low losses,...
This paper proposes a novel input-series output-parallel (ISOP) current-fed modular dual-active-bridge (CF-MDAB) dc-dc converter for medium-voltage dc (MVDC) system application. The proposed converter exhibits favorite features of DAB converter such as galvanic isolation, soft-switching condition and small passive components. Compared to ISOP DAB converter, the proposed topology has direct dc current...
In this paper, a switched Z-source dc-dc converter (SZSC) is proposed for the conversion from a low voltage to a higher one in renewable energy systems. The voltage gain is increased by adding another one switch and diode to the output terminal of the traditional Z-source dc-dc converter. Not only does the output capacitor function as the filter capacitor; it is also connected in series into the inductors'...
A new three-phase DC-DC PWM boost converter that is suitable for use in renewable energy applications is proposed in the paper. The number of components in the proposed circuit is fewer that other previously proposed converters of the same type, resulting in lower cost and simpler operation. The paper discusses the operation of the converter, presents a procedure for its design, and demonstrates the...
This paper presents a flyback converter based partial power processing structure for battery energy storage system (BESS). It combines both of the battery balancing functionality and power stage regulation functionality into one system. The proposed BESS only have one control variable which is the common duty cycle for all the flyback converters. It is used for the voltage or current regulation. There...
This paper presents an effective two stage DAB charging-up control method for modular DC-DC converters with low voltage side common DC bus voltage starting from zero. In 1st stage of charging, the DAB controller is modified to allow variable duty cycle control of medium voltage side DAB converter. In this stage, a constant charging-up current is applied so that low voltage side DC link voltage is...
New members of XY converter family topologies are proposed in this treatise for a high-voltage/low-current renewable application. Based on the X Converter, the whole existing X-Y Converter family is categorized into four categories; L-Y, 2L-Y, 2LC-Y and 2LCm-Y converter. Four new 2LC-Y topologies (2LC-LVD, 2LC-2LVD, 2LC-2LCVD and 2LC-2LCmVD) converters are presented in this treatise which offer an...
This paper presents a radiation harden oscillator for DC-DC converter controllers. In order to mitigate the single event transient, a novel synchronous RS flip-flop is proposed. Redundancy flip-flop blocks are connected in cycle. Therefore, upset node voltage can be corrected by other nodes. Gate size is carefully designed to improve the critical charge. Three modular redundancy is also utilized....
This paper studies the impact of the accelerated thermal aging on the conducted emission produced by a synchronous buck converter. The most degraded devices mounted on the DC-DC converter are identified and modeled in order to simulate the evolution of conducted emission and anticipate risks of non-compliance to emission requirements.
In this paper, a non-isolated high gain switched inductor dc-dc multilevel cuk converter for photovoltaic applications is presented, which combines switched inductor with a voltage multiplier. By doing so, the conversion ratio is increased. High voltage gain cannot be possible if using traditional cuk converter. The output voltage can be boosted negatively by using a combination of capacitors and...
When photovoltaic systems are used as the energy source to start motors, the resultant voltage drop can be too large to enable effective starting. An active filter circuit using inductor energy storage is described, which can be used to maintain the output voltage. Simulation and experimental results are shown.
The integration level of electronic systems has continually increased over the past years, leading to significant reductions in cost, size and power consumption of consumer applications. One block, however, is still mostly implemented using discrete components: the Power Management Unit. This paper analyses the benefits of monolithic power management together with the main bottlenecks, and demonstrates...
This report studies the influence of printed circuit board (PCB) design on voltage overshoot and ringing oscillation in switching operation of gallium nitride gate injection transistor (GaN-GIT) for high-frequency DC-DC converter. The parasitic inductances in the main power loop have been identified based on moment of method (MoM) analysis and frequency characteristics of impedance measured with 2-port...
This paper presents the state-of-the-art of integrated switched capacitor DC-DC converters in memory technology from NMOS to SOI DRAM and from 2D to 3D NAND focusing on capacitor structures with high capacitance density and small parasitic capacitance based on memory technology. The paper then proposes design for manufacturing to increase yield with redundant arrays of converter and design for reliability...
This paper proposes new step-up DC-DC converters with high ratio capability. The proposed DC-DC converters are derived using combination of boost converters and buck-boost converters. A high ratio capability is achieved by parallel input and series output combination so that the efficiency is better than the one that is achieved by using a conventional boost converter. A method to reduce the input...
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