Paralleling DC/DC Switched Converters Based on Piezoelectric Transformers

Author

Diaz, J. ; Nuno, Fernando ; Gacio, David ; Villegas, Pedro J. ; Prieto, Miguel J.

Author_Institution

Group of Electron. for Ind. Innovation (GE2), Univ. Of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

4-8 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

One of the most important advantages in using piezoelectric transformers (PT) is that they operate at high frequencies with a very good efficiency [1], tipically higher than 95%. This paper presents a DC/DC converter based on two piezoelectric transformers which duplicates the output voltage frequency ripple, maintaining the switching frequency. Also, the converter operates at a fixed frequency, and an alternative way to regulate the output power is shown. The converter is achieved by parallelizing two DC/DC converters, based on piezoelectric transformers. Of course, the size is increased, but on the other hand, the efficiency and the output ripple are improved. The obtained results evince an improvement in the overall efficiency, as well as a reduction in the output filter size, with a lower voltage ripple.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; high-frequency transformers; piezoelectric devices; DC/DC switched converters; piezoelectric transformers; switching frequency; voltage frequency ripple; Band pass filters; Ceramics; DC-DC power converters; Equivalent circuits; Frequency conversion; Power harmonic filters; Switching converters; Switching frequency; Transformers; Vibrations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2009. IAS 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3475-6

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2009.5324815

Filename

5324815