A hybrid switched-capacitor/inductor converter for small conversion ratios

A hybrid three-switch DC-DC step-up power converter for on chip applications is proposed. It is shown that the hybrid-three switch step-up converter can offer advantages such as reduced size of magnetic components, reduced MOSFET voltage stresses, improved closed loop control and can offer high efficiency compared to a standard boost converter of the same IC package size. These improvements are made possible by adding a flying capacitor that reduces the voltage stresses on the switches and decreases the inductor size by reducing the volt-second across the inductor. The converter is implemented as an integrated circuit built in a 0.25[mu]m 5V CMOS process. Experimental verification shows the gains.

Department dc:contributor.department

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

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Nakibuuka, Norah Elena

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David J. Perreault and Shea Petricek.

• 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/1721.1/85453

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