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An investigation of flying capacitor converter for circuit integration
Author(s) -
Kamaga Masamu,
Sung Kyungmin,
Sato Yukihiko,
Ohashi Hiromichi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ieej transactions on electrical and electronic engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1931-4981
pISSN - 1931-4973
DOI - 10.1002/tee.20671
Subject(s) - emi , electromagnetic interference , converters , total harmonic distortion , harmonics , capacitor , electronic engineering , topology (electrical circuits) , electrical engineering , engineering , harmonic , computer science , voltage , physics , quantum mechanics
Output power density of power converters has been increased. In power converters with lower harmonic distortion and lower electromagnetic interference (EMI) which are required in many applications, bulky harmonic and EMI filters are usually connected. The volume of the harmonic filters can be reduced by increasing the switching frequency. However, higher switching frequency will cause larger switching loss and severe EMI. As another approach, there is possibility of intrinsic elimination of harmonics and EMI by introducing multilevel converters. However, as the number of levels increases, the number of circuit components will exceed the practical limit of the implementation. Thus, from a practical viewpoint, the main circuit and related circuits should be integrated. However, it has not been clarified which multilevel topology is suitable for circuit integration. In addition, the effectiveness in reducing total device loss considering chip size has not been evaluated. In this paper, the advantage of a flying capacitor multilevel topology for circuit integration is clarified by theoretical and experimental investigations. Also, the total device loss and chip size of the flying capacitor converter are estimated. © 2011 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.