Ultrahigh Step-Down Converter

Abstract

In this paper, an ultrahigh step-down converter is presented, which combines one coupled inductor and one energy-transferring capacitor. The corresponding voltage conversion ratio is much lower than that of the traditional synchronously rectified (SR) buck converter, and the proposed converter can achieve extremely low output voltage with an appropriate duty ratio. Moreover, there are three major merits in the proposed converter. One merit is that the voltage conversion ratio of the proposed converter is linear, thereby making control quite easy. Another merit is that if one of the switches fails or is abnormally controlled, a high voltage does not appear in the output terminal, so the output load can be protected. The other merit is that the proposed converter can be driven using the existing SR buck pulse-width modulation control integrated circuit. In this study, brief theoretical deductions and some experimental results are given to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed converter.