Low temperature performance of a closed loop three level buck converter

Author

Perez-Guerrero, Fausto F. ; Venkatesan, K. ; Ray, B. ; Patterson, Richard L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Puerto Rico Univ., Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

58

Abstract

Low-temperature operation of a closed loop three level buck DC-to-DC power converter with charge pump controller has been experimentally investigated. The power converter system has been designed and built with standard commercially available components. Performance characteristics such as efficiency and regulation are studied for different temperatures from 25°C down to -184°C. CMOSICs, MOSFET switches and ultrafast diodes prove to be suited to operate in a wide temperature range. The performance of the output filter inductor and capacitor does not change significantly at 77°K compared to room temperature

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; DC-DC power convertors; field effect transistor switches; power MOSFET; power integrated circuits; power semiconductor diodes; power semiconductor switches; 25 to -184 C; 77 K; CMOSICs; DC-to-DC power converter; MOSFET switches; charge pump controller; closed-loop three-level buck converter; low-temperature performance; output filter capacitor; output filter inductor; performance characteristics; temperature range; ultrafast diodes; Buck converters; Capacitors; Charge pumps; Control systems; Energy exchange; Open loop systems; Temperature control; Temperature distribution; Transfer functions; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 1999. PEDS '99. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5769-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.1999.794536

Filename

794536