Area-driven optimisation of switched-capacitor DC/DC converters
Author(s) -
T.M. Van Breussegem,
Mike Wens,
Eldert Geukens,
D. Geys,
Michiel Steyaert
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el:20081687
Subject(s) - converters , network topology , fibonacci number , capacitor , topology (electrical circuits) , switched capacitor , capacitive sensing , capacitance , electrical engineering , voltage , electronic engineering , computer science , engineering , mathematics , physics , electrode , discrete mathematics , quantum mechanics , operating system
Popular capacitive DC/DC converter topologies are optimised and compared towards the total required capacitance. The analysis shows that from an area point of view the series-parallel, Fibonacci and Dickson topologies perform equally. The voltage doubler topology is proven to be inferior.
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