An Integrated double buck boost converter is analyzed and the design methodology is made as a high power factor of the power supply for the power LED lamps. The IDBB converter features just one controlled switch and two inductors and is able to supply a solid-state lamp from the mains, providing high power factor. Here with a careful design of the converter, the filter capacitances can be made ...

In this paper, a three-level integrated ac–dc converter with power factor correction is presented. The proposed converter integrates the operation of the boost power factor correction and the three-level dc–dc converter. The converter is made to operate with two independent controllers—an input controller that performs power factor correction and regulates the dc bus and an output controller th...

Chaotic behaviors of the buck converter were demonstrated by computer simulation studies. The paper implied theoretical considerations and simulations for this kind of converter using a sliding-mode control. The method tried to establish a periodic behavior from a chaotic one in converter behavior. Key-Words: buck converter, sliding-mode, control, bifurcation, periodic, chaotic

A self-powered autonomous RFID device with sensing and computing capabilities is presented in this paper. Powered by an RF energy-harvesting circuit enhanced by a DCDC voltage booster in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology, the device relies on a microcontroller and a new generation ICRFID chip to wirelessly deliver sensor data to standard RFID EPC Class-1 Generation-2 (Gen2) readers. When th...

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Due to increasing concerns on the power quality, power factor correction (PFC) has become an important issue in light-emitting diode (LED) lighting applications. A boost converter is one of the most well-known PFC topologies, due to its simple circuitry, simple control scheme and small number of passive components. Even though a boost converter is recognized as a typical PFC converter, its outp...

This paper proposes a novel soft-switching singlephase ac–dc–ac converter to give high input power factor and low current distortion on the rectifier side and provide clean and stable ac voltage on the inverter side. The proposed converter uses a new zero voltage switching (ZVS) strategy to get ZVS function. Besides operating at constant frequency, all semiconductor devices operate at soft-swit...

A technique has been developed to actively identify the open-loop characteristics of a DC-DC converter while the unit operates. A digital controller is used to perform both the closed-loop control of the converter and to periodically identify the “plant” using a pseudo-random digital signal. Experimental results are provided for a digitally controlled 90W forward converter to demonstrate accura...

In hard-switched converters, the switching frequency is limited by switching losses and EMI problems. However, high-switching frequency is necessary to reduce the converter size. Hence, soft switching is imperative at high switching frequency to obtain good efficiency. Push–pull converter is a preferred topology at medium power level. This paper proposes a novel resonant transition topology for...

The “multilevel converter” has drawn tremendous interest in the power industry. The general structure of the multilevel converter is to synthesize a sinusoidal voltage from several levels of voltages, Multilevel voltage source converters are emerging as a new breed of power converter options for high power applications, These converter topologies can generate high-quality voltage waveforms with...