A Cost-Effective Resonant Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Boost Converter – Experimental Results and Feasibility Model

Zbigniew Waradzyn; Robert Stala; Aleksander Skała; Andrzej Mondzik; Adam Penczek

doi:10.2478/pead-2018-0004

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A Cost-Effective Resonant Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Boost Converter – Experimental Results and Feasibility Model

Power Electronics and Drives

Volume 3 (2018): Issue 1 (December 2018)

By: Zbigniew Waradzyn, Robert Stala, Aleksander Skała, Andrzej Mondzik and Adam Penczek

Open Access

|Nov 2018

Abstract

This paper presents the results of experimental research of a resonant switched capacitor voltage multiplier in a cost-effective topology (CESCVM) with a limited number of active switches. In the charging mode of the switched capacitors, the converter utilizes only one active switch and a required number of diodes. Therefore, the cost of the converter is decreased as compared with that of a classical SCVM converter, owing to a lower number of switches and gate driver circuits, as well as a smaller PCB area. Moreover, the CESCVM has simpler control circuits and higher reliability. This paper presents the original experimental results of the operation of the CESCVM converter. A concept of the bootstrap supply of gate drivers of the flying switches is also examined.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2018-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2543-4292 | Journal ISSN: 2451-0262

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Language: English

Page range: 75 - 83

Submitted on: Mar 16, 2018

Accepted on: Apr 25, 2018

Published on: Nov 17, 2018

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