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http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/TKPE.2012.17.1.34

Voltage Clamped Tapped-Inductor Boost Converter with High Voltage Conversion Ratio  

Kang, Jung-Min (Dept. of Elec. Eng., Kookmin University)
Lee, Sang-Hyun (Dept. of LCD, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Hong, Sung-Soo (Dept. of Elec. Eng., Kookmin University)
Han, Sang-Kyoo (Dept. of Elec. Eng., Kookmin University)
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The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics / v.17, no.1, 2012 , pp. 34-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, voltage clamped tapped-inductor boost converter with high voltage conversion ratio is proposed. The conventional tapped-inductor boost converter has a serious drawback such as high voltage stresses across all power semiconductors due to the high resonant voltage caused by the leakage inductor of tapped inductor. Therefore, the dissipative snubber is essential for absorbing this resonant voltage, which could degrade the overall power conversion efficiency. To overcome these drawbacks, the proposed converter employs a voltage clamping capacitor instead of the dissipative snubber. Therefore, the voltage stresses of all power semiconductors are not only clamped as the output voltage but the power conversion efficiency can also be considerably improved. Moreover, since the energy stored in the clamp capacitor is transferred to the output side together with the input energy, the proposed converter can achieve the higher voltage conversion ratio than the conventional tapped-inductor boost converter. Therefore, the proposed converter is expected to be well suited to various applications demanding the high efficiency and high voltage conversion ratio. To confirm the validity of the proposed circuit, the theoretical analysis and experimental results of the proposed converter are presented.
Keywords
Tapped-Inductor Boost Converter; High voltage conversion ratio; LED Backlight;
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