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Non-isolated boost converter with current steering

US5999419A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 1998
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/156
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A non-isolated boost converter with input and output current steering. The input current steering is connected across the input switching transistor, is magnetically coupled to the input inductor and conducts the input current when the switch is turned off, thereby reducing ripple in the input current. The output current steering is connected across the diode in the low-pass output filter and is magnetically coupled to the input inductor to generate an induced current for the output filter when the switch is turned on, thereby preventing the output current from pulsating. With the output filter connected across the switch, a boost converter is formed with the output dc voltage being greater than the input dc voltage in relation to the switching duty cycle. With the output filter connected across the input inductor, a buck-boost converter is formed with the output dc voltage being greater than or less than the input dc voltage in relation to the switching duty cycle.

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