Quadratic Boost Converter with Optimized Switching Ripple Based on the Selection of Passive Components
Edgar D. Silva-Vera,
Julio C. Rosas-Caro,
Jesus E. Valdez-Resendiz,
Avelina Alejo-Reyes,
Omar F. Ruiz-Martinez,
Johnny Posada Contreras,
Pedro Martín García-Vite
Affiliations
Edgar D. Silva-Vera
School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
Julio C. Rosas-Caro
Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Panamericana, Alvaro del Portillo 49, Zapopan 45010, Mexico
Jesus E. Valdez-Resendiz
School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
Avelina Alejo-Reyes
Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Panamericana, Alvaro del Portillo 49, Zapopan 45010, Mexico
Omar F. Ruiz-Martinez
Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Jose María Escrivá de Balaguer 101, Villas Bonaterra, Aguascalientes 20296, Mexico
Johnny Posada Contreras
Programa de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Grupo de Investigación en Energía, GIEN, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Cali 760001, Colombia
Pedro Martín García-Vite
Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero, Av. 1o. de Mayo esq. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz S/N Col., Los Mangos, Ciudad Madero 89440, Mexico
This work introduces a boost converter with quadratic gain. Its main advantage compared to well-known similar quadratic boost converters is that it requires capacitors with a relatively small capacitance and inductors with small inductance, leading to a reduction in the size or stored energy while performing a power conversion of similar power rating and the same switching ripples in both the input current and the output voltage. It is inspired by the recently introduced ISB converter and uses a specific PWM method. This results in achieving switching ripple constraints while using smaller energy storage elements (capacitors and inductors). The updated converter offers the same voltage gain compared to the conventional quadratic boost topology with the benefit of compact component sizes. While it has more passive elements, they are of reduced size. An analysis of energy storage revealed that this new converter uses only half the energy in inductors and 14% in capacitors when compared to specific design parameters.
