A new pre-sizing approach of DC-DC converters, application to a boost converter for the automotive domain

This paper presents a pre-sizing approach of DC-DC converters. This approach is carried out in two main steps. The first step consists on determining the most adapted architecture to answer the specifications and the appropriate technologies of the passive and the active components of the selected architecture representing the minimal volume. The technology choice is carried out using models developed from manufacturer datasheets. The second step consists on optimizing the selected architecture by considering the appropriate technologies resulting from the first step under multi-physic constraints: thermal, losses (or efficiency), volume and electromagnetic compatibility constraints.... The proposed approach allows reducing significantly the computing time which is suitable in a pre-sizing phase where several parameters must be optimized and multi-physic constraints must be respected.