Synchronous rectifiers enable high efficiency for buck-boost converter

Author

Shynkarenko, Yurii ; Klyuchnyk, Igor

Author_Institution

Kharkiv Nat. Univ. of Radio Electron., Kharkiv, Ukraine

fYear

2013

fDate

27-30 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The online UPS is ideal for environments where electrical isolation is necessary or for equipment that is very sensitive to power fluctuations. As demand for longer battery life in online UPS increases, engineers are challenged to design highly efficient buck-boost converters. Adding to the challenge is the fact that many online UPSs have wide battery voltage variation. This paper discusses the replacing low effective Schottky-diode rectifiers with synchronous MOSFET rectifiers for the buck-boost converter. The discussion includes an example of buck-boost converter for Industrial Online UPS with 12V output, MOSFET selection, and an evaluation of in-circuit efficiency against the current commercial solutions based on Schottky-diode rectifiers.

Keywords

power MOSFET; power convertors; rectifiers; uninterruptible power supplies; MOSFET selection; Schottky-diode rectifiers; battery life; battery voltage variation; buck-boost converter; electrical isolation; in-circuit efficiency; industrial online UPS; online UPS; power fluctuations; synchronous MOSFET rectifiers; voltage 12 V;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design & Test Symposium, 2013 East-West

Conference_Location

Rostov-on-Don

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2095-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EWDTS.2013.6673166

Filename

6673166