Title :
Requirements on switching devices in DC-to-DC converters
Author_Institution :
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Holmdel, N. J.
Abstract :
Lower bounds are established for the power dissipated, peak voltage, and peak current for the switches and diodes in any dc-to-dc converter. The bounds are in terms of the input and output voltages and currents of the converter. A trade-off between peak voltage and peak current in a switch is shown to be theoretically possible. Realization of the trade-off in practice is illustrated by considering eleven different converter circuits.
Keywords :
Equations; Inductance; Light emitting diodes; Switches; Switching loss; Transient analysis; Windings;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1973 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, California, USA
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.1973.7065177
