Title :
Negative output Luo converters: voltage lift technique
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
fDate :
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The voltage lift technique is a popular method widely applied in electronic circuit design. Since the effect of parasitic elements limits the output voltage and power transfer efficiency of DC-DC converters, the voltage lift technique can lead to improvement of circuit characteristics. After long term research, this technique has been successfully applied for DC-DC converters. As with positive output Luo converters, negative output Luo converters are another series of new DC-DC step-up (boost) converters, which were developed from prototypes using the voltage lift technique. These converters perform positive to negative 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 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; DC-DC converters; boost converters; circuit characteristics improvement; computer peripheral equipment; electronic circuit design; high efficiency; high output voltage; high power density; industrial applications; negative output Luo converters; output voltage limiting; parasitic elements; positive to negative DC-DC voltage-increasing conversion; power transfer efficiency limiting; step-up converters; voltage lift technique;
Journal_Title :
Electric Power Applications, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-epa:19990302