Title :
Design of fuel-cell powered DC-DC converter for portable applications in digital CMOS technology
Author :
Boni, Andrea ; Carboni, Alessandro ; Facen, Alessio
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Parma, Parma
Abstract :
The manuscript discusses the design of an integrated DC-DC power converter in digital 0.18 mum CMOS technology for fuel cells and portable applications. By means of a combined boost and switched-capacitor architecture and design optimization a suitable efficiency has been achieved without resorting to special process options and with a limited number of passive external components. The achieved results enable the implementation of a power-converter system for fuel-cell featuring low-cost and small size, as required by the market of portable devices.
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; DC-DC power convertors; fuel cells; DC-DC converter; digital CMOS technology; fuel cell; size 0.18 micron; switched-capacitor architecture; Batteries; CMOS technology; Costs; DC-DC power converters; Fuel cells; Inductors; MOS devices; Power generation; Surface-mount technology; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2006. ICECS '06. 13th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0395-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0395-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2006.379763
