• DocumentCode
    1962179
  • Title

    An integrated ultracapacitor fast mains charger with combined power/current optimisation

  • Author

    Bodnar, Roman ; Redman-White, William

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    161
  • Lastpage
    164
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a novel integrated self-oscillating step-down converter for the fast charging of stacks of large ultracapacitors from a 230V AC mains source. The charger architecture controls both power and current to optimise the charge rate with respect to the limitations imposed by the mains source and the capacitors themselves. The circuit has been fabricated in a 0.35μm bulk medium voltage CMOS, process.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; circuit optimisation; driver circuits; supercapacitors; combined power-current optimisation; integrated self-oscillating step-down converter; integrated ultracapacitor fast mains charger; medium voltage CMOS process; size 0.35 mum; voltage 230 V; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer architecture; Control systems; Current measurement; Estimation; Supercapacitors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    ESSCIRC (ESSCIRC), 2013 Proceedings of the
  • Conference_Location
    Bucharest
  • ISSN
    1930-8833
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0643-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ESSCIRC.2013.6649097
  • Filename
    6649097