• DocumentCode
    3525726
  • Title

    A low voltage high efficiency and high power density DC/DC converter

  • Author

    Wang, Thomas G. ; Zhou, Xunwei ; Lee, Fred C.

  • Author_Institution
    Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    22-27 Jun 1997
  • Firstpage
    240
  • Abstract
    High efficiency of a DC/DC converter over very wide load range is necessary for battery supplied systems. In this paper, a 0.9 V output buck converter of which the load changes from 10 mW to 1 W is designed to optimize the efficiency by employing novel control strategies with automatic discontinuous current mode detection. High density can be achieved since current sensing is eliminated that makes the whole circuit integrable. Experimental results verified the high efficiency over the entire load range
  • Keywords
    DC-DC power convertors; frequency control; switching circuits; 0.9 V; 10 mW to 1 W; automatic discontinuous current mode detection; battery supplied systems; control strategies; frequency control; high efficiency; high power density; low voltage DC/DC converter; Batteries; Circuits; DC-DC power converters; Filters; Lighting control; Low voltage; Magnetic cores; Magnetic separation; Switching frequency; Switching loss;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1997. PESC '97 Record., 28th Annual IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    St. Louis, MO
  • ISSN
    0275-9306
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3840-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.1997.616732
  • Filename
    616732