Direct AC analysis of idealized switched-capacitor circuits in Spice-compatible programs is described in the paper. The capacitor is described by a special macro-circuit, whose mathematical model is based on modified zdomain charge equations and on the theory of equivalent signals.

A novel high step-up DC-DC converter with coupled-inductor and switched-capacitor techniques is proposed in this paper. The capacitors are charged in parallel and are discharged in series by the coupled inductor, stacking on the output capacitor. Thus, the proposed converter can achieve high step-up voltage gain with appropriate duty ratio. Besides, the voltage spike on the main switch can be c...

A high step-up DC-to-DC converter that integrates an isolated transformer and a switched-clamp capacitor is presented in this study. The voltage stress of the main power switch should be clamped to 1/4 V by using the turn ratio and switched-clamp capacitor of an isolated transformer to achieve a high voltage gain. In addition, a passive clamp circuit is employed reduce voltage stress on the mai...

A new type of drivers for light emitting diodes (LEDs) is introduced based on the switched-capacitor frequency modulation. In contrast to conventional constant dc current drivers, the current pulse is provided by this new switched-capacitor LED driver. In the present driver, the charging capacitor is charged and discharged through a LED and the current flow direction is controlled by a metal ox...

93 Networks Absstract-Switched-capacitor (SC) networks comprise capacitors interconnected by an array of perlodlcally operated switches. Such networks are particularly attractive in light of the high circuit density possible with MOS integrated circuit technology and hybrid integrated circuits using thin-film and silicon technology. The paper describes the analysis of SC networks by using nodal...

Theoretical performance limits of twophase switched-capacitor (SC) dc-dc converters are discussed in this paper. For a given number of capacitors k, the complete set of attainable dc conversion ratios is found. The maximum step-up or stepdown ratio is given by the k t h Fibonacci number, while the bound on the number of switches required in any SC circuit is 3k 2. Practical implications, illust...

Switched-capacitor-based multilevel inverters for boost-type dc–ac power conversions usually exhibit a trade-off between the switch count and switch-voltage rating, i.e., reduction of one necessitating an increase other. Such dilemma is well addressed in this article by proposing novel single-phase nine-level inverter based on switched-capacitor network with single switch. The proposed then red...

A closed-loop high-gain switched-coupled-inductor switched-capacitor (SCISC) converter is proposed by combining a sawtooth wave generator, pulse-widthmodulation based (PWM based) compensator and nonoverlapping circuit for step-up DC-DC conversion and regulation. The power part between source VS and output VO contains two sub-circuits: (i) a switched-coupled-inductor (SCI) booster circuit, and (...

Cascaded multilevel inverter (CMI) topology is prevalent in many applications. However, the CMI requires switches and isolated dc sources, which main drawback of this type inverter. As a result, volume, cost complexity are increased efficiency deteriorated. This paper thus proposes switched-capacitor-based with half-bridge cells only one source. Compared to conventional CMI, proposed uses almos...