A HYBRID SWITCHED CAPACITOR DC-DC BUCK CONVERTER

Telles Lazzarin

Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC

Telles B. Lazzarin (S’09-M’12) was born in Criciúma, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, in 1979. He received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil, in 2004, 2006 and 2010, respectively. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEL) from the UFSC, and he also works as a Guest Researcher at the Power Electronics Institute (INEP), UFSC. His interests include switched-capacitor converters, inverters, parallel operation of inverters, high-voltage dc-dc converters, ac-ac power converters and conversion systems for small wind turbines. Dr Lazzarin is a member of the Brazilian Power Electronic Society (SOBRAEP), IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES).

Mauricio Dalla Vecchia

Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC

Mauricio Dalla Vecchia was born in Francisco Beltrão, Paraná State, Brazil, in 1990. He received the B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil, in 2014. He is currently a master student in Federal University of Santa Catarina (PPGEEL-UFSC), bound to Power Electronics Institute (INEP-UFSC). His interests include direct ac-ac power converters, switched-capacitor converters, hybrid dc-dc switched-capacitor converters and bidirectional dc-dc converters.

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel dc-dc buck converter that presents a static gain from 0.5 to 1, maintains the typical linear characteristics of the buck converter and reduces the voltage stress on the power components. The... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Telles Lazzarin (Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC)
  2. Mauricio Dalla Vecchia (Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC)

Topic Area

Non-Isolated DC-DC Conveters

Session

PS-4 » Poster Session IV (11:10 - Wednesday, 2nd December, Foyer)