24-08-2012, 12:35 PM
High Frequency DC/DC Boost Converter
ABSTRACT High Frequency DC.docx (Size: 11.07 KB / Downloads: 33)
ABSTRACT
Power management is becoming a very important factor in the electrical engineering industry. With progresses in electronics and technology comes a reduction in available space for circuits, and thus comes a need for reducing the size of power management components of electronic devices.
A DC/DC boost converter deals with taking in an input voltage and producing a higher voltage. Most commercially available boost converters cannot exceed a frequency of 5MHz. The boost converter required for this project needed to be capable of operating at a frequency of 20MHz, four times larger than what is commercially available. Increasing the switching frequency of the boost converter will allow for smaller passive component values and will allow the whole device to be militarized with minimal additional effort.