Isolated DC-DC power converters with high-output voltage for TWTA telecommunication satellite applications

Author

Gules, Roger ; Barbi, Ivo

Author_Institution

Power Electron. Inst., Univ. Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

296

Abstract

Two alternatives for the implementation of an isolated DC-DC power converter with high output voltage are presented. The proposed topologies are especially well adapted for the implementation of travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA) utilized in telecommunication satellite applications. The converters studied follow different principles and the main operation aspect of each topology is analyzed. The experimental results obtained from two prototypes with 150 W output power, total output voltage of 3.2 kV and an input voltage variable from 26 V until 44 V are presented. The efficiency obtained operating with the nominal output power is higher than 93.4% for both structures

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; satellite communication; telecommunication power supplies; travelling wave amplifiers; 150 W; 26 to 44 V; 3.2 kV; 93.4 percent; Isolated DC-DC power converters; TWTA telecommunication satellite applications; operating principles; topology; travelling wave tube amplifiers; Artificial satellites; Capacitance; Circuit topology; Costs; DC-DC power converters; Electron tubes; Inductance; Power generation; Satellite broadcasting; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2001. APEC 2001. Sixteenth Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6618-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2001.911663

Filename

911663