The boost converter – revisited

Williams, B. W. and Lim, T. C. (2015) The boost converter – revisited. Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development, 1 (2). pp. 271-293. ISSN 2356-8569 (http://apc.aast.edu/ojs/index.php/RESD/article/vie...)

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Abstract

The dc-to-dc boost converter is a single-switch, single-inductor, switching circuit used to efficiently transform energy from one dc voltage level to a greater voltage level of the same relative polarity. For a specific resistive load range, as the duty cycle decreases, the boost converter inductor enters a discontinuous current mode of operation - the output load current having decreased to a definable level. This paper analyses the fact that a further reduction of load current, as the duty cycle decreases towards zero, will always result in the re-emergence of a continuous inductor current condition. Further, at the other load extreme, high-current, progressively for increasing load current, starting at low duty cycle conditions, the minimum inductor current always increases from a fixed normalised current level, for a specific load range. These and other hitherto unexplored boost converter properties are analysed and verified mathematically and with PSpice simulations.

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Williams, B. W. and Lim, T. C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6535-0368;
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