Design of a Very High Frequency dc-dc boost converter

Passive component volume is a perennial concern in power conversion. With new circuit architectures operating at extreme high frequencies it becomes possible to miniaturize the passive components needed for a power converter, and to achieve dramatic improvements in converter transient performance. This thesis focuses on the development of a Very High Frequency (VHF, 30 - 300 MHz) dc-dc boost converter using a MOSFET fabricated from a typical power process. Modeling and design studies reveal the possibility of building VHF dc-dc converters operable over the full automotive input voltage range (8 - 18 V) with transistors in a 50 V power process, through use of newly-developed resonant circuit topologies designed to minimize transistor voltage stress. Based on this, a study of the design of automotive boost converters was undertaken (e.g., for LED headlamp drivers at output voltages in the range of 22 - 33 V.) Two VHF boost converter prototypes using a [Phi]2 resonant boost topology were developed. The first design used an off the shelf RF power MOSFET, while the second uses a MOSFET fabricated in a BCD process with no special modifications.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Sagneri, Anthony (Anthony David)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David J. Perreault.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38664

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