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      Supercapacitor assisted LDO (SCALDO) techniquean extra low frequency design approach to high efficiency DC-DC converters and how it compares with the classical switched capacitor converters

      Kankanamge, Kosala; Kulatana, Nihal
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       10.1109/APEC.2013.6520566
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      Kankanmage, K. & Kulatana, N. (2013). Supercapacitor assisted LDO (SCALDO) techniquean extra low frequency design approach to high efficiency DC-DC converters and how it compares with the classical switched capacitor converters. In Proceedings of the 2013 Twenty-Eight Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition(APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA (pp. 1979-1984). IEEE.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7877
      Abstract
      Supercapacitor assisted low dropout regulators (SCALDO) were proposed as an alternative design approach to DC-DC converters, where the supercapacitor circulation frequency (switching frequency) is in the order of few Hz to few 10s of Hz, with an output stage based on a low dropout regulator stage. For converters such as 12–5V, 5–3.3V and 5–1.5V, the technique provides efficiency improvement factors of 2, 1.33 and 3 respectively, in compared to linear converters with same input-output combinations. In a 5–1.5V SCALDO regulator, using thin profile supercapacitors in the range of fractional farads to few farads, this translates to an approximate end to end efficiency of near 90%. However, there were concerns that this patented technique is merely a variation of well-known switched capacitor (charge pump) converters. This paper is aimed at providing a broad overview of the capability of SCALDO technique with generalized theory, indicating its capabilities and limitations, and comparing the practical performance with a typical switched capacitor converter of similar current capability.
      Date
      2013
      Type
      Conference Contribution
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      IEEE
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