Title :
Positive output Luo converters: voltage lift technique
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
fDate :
7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The voltage lift technique is a popular method that is widely applied in electronic circuit design. Because of the effect of parasitic elements, the output voltage and power transfer efficiency of DC-DC power converters are limited. The voltage lift technique opens a good way to improve circuit characteristics. After long-term research, this technique has been successfully applied for DC-DC power converters. Positive output Luo converters are a series of new DC-DC step-up (boost) converters, which were developed from prototypes using the voltage lift technique. These converters perform positive to positive DC-DC voltage increasing conversion with high power density, high efficiency and cheap topology in simple structure. They are different from other existing DC-DC step-up power converters and possess many advantages including a high output voltage with small ripples. Therefore, these converters will be widely used in computer peripheral equipment and industrial applications, especially for high output voltage projects
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; harmonic distortion; power conversion harmonics; power supplies to apparatus; DC-DC step-up power converters; applications; boost converters; circuit characteristics improvement; efficiency; positive output Luo converters; power density; topology; voltage lift technique; voltage ripple;
Journal_Title :
Electric Power Applications, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-epa:19990291