Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe inherent difficulty in designing high voltage power supplies is often compounded by demands of high reliability, high performance, and safe functionality. A proposed high step-up ratio DC-DC converter meets the exacting requirements of applications such as uninterruptible power systems, radar, and pulsed power systems. The proposed DC-DC converter topology combines a multi-phase buck input stage with a novel self-tracking zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) resonant output stage. Traditionally, the inclusion of multiple power processing stages within a power supply topology severely degrades the overall converter efficiency. Due to the inherent high efficiency per stage, however, this effect is minimized. The self-tracking switching scheme ensures that ZVS occurs across the full range of load variation. Furthermore, the switching scheme allows significantly increased flexibility in component tolerances compared to traditional resonant converter designs. The converter also demonstrates indefinite short-circuit protection and true ZVS during transient processes. Computer simulation and hardware analysis verify the efficacy of the topology as a rugged and efficient converter.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MS in Electrical Engineering
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Electrical Engineering
- Year dc:date.available
- 2009
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Paolucci, Jonathan David
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Taufik
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.15368/theses.2009.68
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1122