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International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering Vol. 2, Issue 5, May 2013

A Wide-InputWide-Output (WIWO) DCDC Converter

Vittal Allikatti1, V. chayapathi2 Electrical and electronics Engineering R.V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE 560 059 Abstract This paper describes designing of a wide input-wide output dc-dc converter. As the name implies, it is a variable input and variable output dc-dc converter and hence we can apply required input voltage to the converter which is mentioned in the range and get output in specified range (which depends on the application requirement.) So now designing the wide-input and wide-output dc-dc converter with 100W power, input voltage range 12-48Vdc, output 28Vdc. Index TermsBoost, buck, coupled inductors, energy recovering snubber, wide step-down, wide step-up, wide-input wide-output (WIWO) dcdc converter.

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INTRODUCTION By using the isolated version of buck-Boost converter or it is also referred as flyback converter, we would achieve large step up and step down voltage conversion ratio by using a transformer, if we are using transformer in a dc-dc converter it would be create new set problems which are related to magnetizing and leakage inductances, which case voltage spikes and ringing, increased core and cooper losses as well as increased volume and cost. The cuks converter also uses to extend large step up and large step down dc voltage. This converter has high efficiency and small input current and output current ripples compared to buck-boost converter. In order to overcome all the above problems, we can use the wide input and wide output dc-dc converter. It is a combination of buck-boost converter by the tapped inductor, by using PWM technique we control the active switches to get smooth performance of converter. and It has countable number of components and the efficiency of converter is high compared to the above explained converter.

The buck, Boost, buck-boost and cuks converters are Non-isolated dc-dc converters. These non-isolated dc-dc converters have some application in photovoltaic system, uninterruptable power supply, automobile head lamp and telecommunication system.

All we know that Buck converter is use to step down dc voltage, Boost converter use to step up dc voltage, Buck-Boost converter use to step down and step up the dc voltage and to get the required voltage conversion ratio depending upon application requirement. Due to some limitation in the converter circuits we are unable to extend the large step and step down voltage conversion ratio. Traditional Buck converter cant step down large voltage because of narrow duty cycle. The Boost converter also cant step up large dc voltage because it requires the protective circuit. The Buck-Boost converter cant extend the large step up and large step down voltage conversion ratio because of 1. Pulsating input and output currents cause high conduction losses. II. MOTIVATION IN THE SEARCH FOR 2. It uses inductor to store the energy from NEW SWITCHING CONVERTER input source, and then deliver the stored energy to the TOPOLOGY. output for this the magnetic component subjected to significant stress. Because of these reasons limits the The basic Buck, boost and buck boost dc-dc application of the buck-boost converter and the converter topology can be changed by introducing the efficiency is also becomes low. tapped inductor.
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switch S,M= voltage conversion ratio, and n=turn ratio of the tapped inductor. By observing fig.2 we come to know that this circuit is able to step down dc voltage by choosing optimum turn ratio n of the tapped inductor. Then this turn ratio can be selected by using current injection method. the duty cycle would be increased by increasing the turn ratio of the tapped inductor due to we may avoid the conduction losses and core losses. If the turn ratio n of the tapped inductor tends to infinity, then it behave like basic buck converter.

Fig 1 Buck converter with Tapped inductor.

Fig.3 Boost converter with Tapped inductor

Fig 2 Waveform of the Buck converter with Tapped inductor.

Fig.1 shows the buck converter with a tapped inductor and fig 2 shows waveform where D=duty ratio of
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Fig.4 waveform of the Boost converter with Tapped inductor

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Fig.3 shows boost converter with tapped inductor and fig.4 shows the waveforms. By observing the fig.4 it is clear that we would be step up the dc voltage compared to the basic boost converter. If the turn ratio n of the tapped inductor goes to zero then it behave like a basic boost converter. III. WIWO DC-DC CONVERTER

diode become open circuit due to negative voltage in the inductor. In boost discharging state the switch S2 is ON and S1 is OFF. Then input is connected to the output. Then by observing operating principle, coming to know that in buck mode the switches S1 and S2 complementarily operate. in boost mode switch S1 and diode D complementarily operate. IV. APPLICATIONS

The proposed WIWO dc-dc converter is shown in Fig.5.the converter consist of two active switches S1 and S2,tapped inductor with turn ratio n=n1=n2, diode and capacitive output filter. In order to get smooth performance of the wiwo dc-dc converter, using the PWM technique to control the active switches.

1.In photovoltaic systems. 2.Uninterruptible power supplies. 3.Automobile head lamps and telecommunication
systems. 4.Bidirectional WIWO dcdc converter. 5.WIWO PFC acdc converter. V. ADAVANTAGES 1. The WIWO retains the features of both the buck and the boost converters. 2. The converter has a simple structure and moderate component count. 3. WIWO is also inherently capable of limiting the inrush current and can protect the output in the case of a short circuit. REFERENCES

Fig.5 proposed WIWO dc-dc converter and PWM control circuitry. A. OPERATING PRINCIPLE OF THE WIWO DC-DC CONVERTER. The wiwo converter meanly operates in two mode one buck mode and other one boost mode. BUCK MODE: In buck mode charging state switch S2 is ON and switch S1 is OFF .then the inductor L1 and L2 store the energy and also supply input energy to output during this interval. In buck mode discharging state : the switch S1 is ON and switch S2 is OFF then whatever energy stored in the inductor L2 supply to the output. BOOST MODE: In boost mode charging state the switches S1 and S2 are ON, then inductor L1 store energy and
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