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      Laplace transform-based theoretical foundations and experimental validation: low-frequency supercapacitor circulation for efficiency improvements in linear regulators

      Kankanamge, Kosala; Kularatna, Nihal; Steyn-Ross, D. Alistair
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       10.1049/iet-pel.2011.0296
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      Kularatna, N., Steyn-Ross, D. A., & Kankanamge, K. (2012). Laplace transform-based theoretical foundations and experimental validation: low-frequency supercapacitor circulation for efficiency improvements in linear regulators. IET Power Electronics, 5(9), 1785-1792.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7375
      Abstract
      Supercapacitor circulation techniques can be used to improve the end-to-end efficiency of linear regulators based on commercial low drop-out regulators (LDO). In this approach, one or more supercapacitors are used in series and parallel to the input of an LDO IC, and circulated at a very low frequency to increase the end-to-end efficiency by a multiplication factor compared with the efficiency of a linear regulator circuit with the same input–output voltages. This study presents the essential theory of supercapacitor circulation, together with analytical results and comparisons with experimental measurements from a practical 12–5 V implementation. The new technique achieved overall end-to-end efficiencies in the range of 70 to 80%, compared with the maximum theoretical efficiency of 42% for a 12–5 V linear regulator.
      Date
      2012
      Type
      Journal Article
      Publisher
      Institution of Engineering and Technology
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