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http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/JPE.2013.13.5.766

Single-Ended High-Efficiency Step-up Converter Using the Isolated Switched-Capacitor Cell  

Kim, Do-Hyun (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Soongsil University)
Jang, Jong-Ho (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Soongsil University)
Park, Joung-Hu (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Soongsil University)
Kim, Jung-Won (Silicon Mitus, Inc.)
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Journal of Power Electronics / v.13, no.5, 2013 , pp. 766-778 More about this Journal
Abstract
The depletion of natural resources and renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV) energy, has been highlighted for global energy solution. The PV power control unit in the PV power-generation technology requires a high step-up DC-DC converter. The conventional step-up DC-DC converter has low efficiency and limited step-up ratio. To overcome these problems, a novel high step-up DC-DC converter using an isolated switched capacitor cell is proposed. The step-up converter uses the proposed transformer and employs the switched-capacitor cell to enable integration with the boost inductor. The output of the boost converter and isolated switched-capacitor cell are connected in series to obtain high step-up with low turn-on ratio. A hardware prototype with 30 V to 40 V input voltage and 340 V output voltage is implemented to verify the performance of the proposed converter. As an extended version, another novel high step-up isolated switched-capacitor single-ended DC-DC converter integrated with a tapped-inductor (TI) boost converter is proposed. The TI boost converter and isolated-switched-capacitor outputs are connected in series to achieve high step-up. All magnetic components are integrated in a single magnetic core to lower costs. A prototype hardware with 20 V to 40 V input voltage, 340 V output voltage, and 100 W output power is implemented to verify the performance of the proposed converter.
Keywords
Boost converter; Isolated switched-capacitor cell; Single-ended; Tapped-inductor;
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