Efficiency improvement in buck-boost converter aimed at SOC utilization

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Abstract

DC-DC converters are required to supply various levels of voltages from batteries to different systems. In order to extend the lifetime of battery, it is very important to optimize the efficiency of the DC-DC converter, especially the light load efficiency. In this paper, considerations of the efficiency variation of a PWM synchronous buck-boost converter are made to minimize the power loss. Several new techniques such as channel width regulation, variable threshold voltage, switch activation and gate charge modulation are used. Simulation results show that the efficiency can be improved by more than 15% when the converter works on its light load.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, IEEE ICIT 2008 - Conference Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, IEEE ICIT 2008 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 21 Apr 200824 Apr 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Conference

Conference2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, IEEE ICIT 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period21/04/0824/04/08

Keywords

  • Buck-boost converter
  • Channel width regulation
  • Efficiency optimization
  • Switch activation
  • Variable threshold voltage

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