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Kirchoff’s voltage law around the path cointaning 𝑉𝑠 , 𝐿1 , 𝐶1 , and 𝐿2 gives

−𝑉𝑠 + 𝑣𝐿1 + 𝑣𝐶1 + 𝑣𝐿2 = 0
Using the average of these voltages,
−𝑉𝑠 + 0 + 𝑉𝐶1 − 0 = 0
Showing that the average voltage across the capacitor 𝐶1 is
𝑉𝐶1 = 𝑉𝑠
𝑣𝐿1 = 𝑉𝑠
−𝑉𝑠 + 𝑣𝐿1 + 𝑣𝐶1 + 𝑉𝑜 = 0
−𝑉𝑠 + 𝑣𝐿1 + 𝑉𝑠 + 𝑉𝑜 = 0
𝑣𝐿1 = −𝑉𝑜

( 𝑣𝐿1 , 𝑠𝑤 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑) (𝐷𝑇) + ( 𝑣𝐿1 , 𝑠𝑤 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛) ( 1 − 𝐷 )𝑇 = 0

𝑉𝑠 (𝐷𝑇) − 𝑉𝑜 (1 − 𝐷)𝑇 = 0
𝐷
𝑉𝑜 = 𝑉𝑠 ( )
1−𝐷
𝑉𝑜
𝐷=
𝑉𝑜 + 𝑉𝑠
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𝑃𝑠 = 𝑃𝑜
𝑃𝑠 = 𝑉𝑠 𝐼𝑠 = 𝑉𝑠 𝐼𝐿1
𝑃𝑜 = 𝑉𝑜 𝐼𝑜
𝑉𝑠 𝐼𝐿1 = 𝑉𝑜 𝐼𝑜
𝑉𝑜 𝐼𝑜 𝑉 2𝑜
𝐼𝐿1 = 𝐼𝑠 = =
𝑉𝑠 𝑉𝑠 𝑅
𝑑𝑖𝐿 ∆𝑖𝐿 ∆𝑖𝐿
𝑣𝐿1 = 𝑉𝑠 = 𝐿1 ( 1 ) = 𝐿1 ( 1 ) = 𝐿1 ( 1 )
𝑑𝑡 ∆𝑡 𝐷𝑇
𝑉𝑠 𝐷𝑇 𝑉𝑠 𝐷
∆𝑖𝐿1 = =
𝐿1 𝐿1 𝑓
𝑖𝐿2 = 𝑖𝐷 − 𝑖𝐶1
𝑖𝐷 = 𝑖𝐶2 + 𝐼𝑜
𝑖𝐿2 = 𝑖𝐶2 + 𝐼𝑜 − 𝑖𝐶1
𝐼𝐿2 = 𝐼𝑜
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𝑑𝑖𝐿 ∆𝑖𝐿 ∆𝑖𝐿

𝑣𝐿2 = 𝑣𝐶1 = 𝑉𝑠 = 𝐿2 ( 2 ) = 𝐿2 ( 2 ) = 𝐿1 ( 2 )
𝑑𝑡 ∆𝑡 𝐷𝑇
Solving for ∆𝑖𝐿2
𝑉𝑠 𝐷𝑇 𝑉𝑠 𝐷
∆𝑖𝐿2 = =
𝐿2 𝐿2 𝑓

0 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑

𝑖𝐷 = { 𝑖 + 𝑖 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛
𝐿1 𝐿2

𝑖𝐿1 + 𝑖𝐿2 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑

𝑖𝑠𝑤 = {
0 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛
𝑉𝑜 𝐷
∆𝑉𝑜 = ∆𝑉𝐶 2 =
𝑅𝐶2 𝑓
𝐷
𝐶2 =
∆𝑉
𝑅 ( 𝑜) 𝑓
𝑉𝑜
∆𝑄𝐶 1 𝐼𝑜 ∆𝑡 𝐼𝑜 𝐷𝑇
∆𝑉𝐶 1 = = =
𝐶 𝐶 𝐶
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𝑉𝑜 𝐷
∆𝑉𝐶 1 =
𝑅𝐶1 𝑓

𝐷
𝐶2 =
∆𝑉𝐶 1
𝑅 ( 𝑓
𝑉𝑜 )
Example
The SEPIC circuit of Fig. 6 – 14a has the following parameters:
𝑉𝑠 = 9𝑉
𝐷 = 0.4
𝑓 = 100 𝑘𝐻𝑧
𝐿1 = 𝐿2 = 90𝜇𝐻
𝐶1 = 𝐶2 = 80𝜇𝐹
𝐼𝑜 = 2𝐴

Solution
𝐷 0.4
𝑉𝑜 = 𝑉𝑠 ( )=9 ( ) = 6𝑉
1−𝐷 1 − 0.4

𝑉𝑜 𝐼𝑜 6(2)
𝐼𝐿1 = = = 1.33𝐴
𝑉𝑠 9

𝑉𝑠 𝐷 9(0.4)
∆𝑖𝐿1 = = = 0.4𝐴
𝐿1 𝑓 90(10)−6 (100,000)

∆𝑖𝐿1 0.4
𝐼𝐿1,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝐼𝐿 1 + = 1.33 + = 1.53 𝐴
2 2

∆𝑖𝐿1 0.4
𝐼𝐿1,𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 𝐼𝐿 1 − = 1.33 − = 1.13 𝐴
2 2

𝑉𝑠 𝐷 9(0.4)
∆𝑖𝐿2 = = = 0.4𝐴
𝐿2 𝑓 90(10)−6 (100,000)
 0.4
𝐼𝐿2,𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 2 + = 2.2𝐴
2
0.4
𝐼𝐿2,𝑚𝑖𝑛 =2− = 1.8𝐴
2
𝑉𝑜 𝐷 6(0.4)
∆𝑉𝑜 = ∆𝑉𝐶 2 = = = 0.1𝑉
𝑅𝐶2 𝑓 (3)80(10)−6 (100,000)
𝑉𝑜 𝐷 6(0.4)
∆𝑉𝐶 1 = = = 0.1𝑉
𝑅𝐶2 𝑓 (3)80(10)−6 (100,000)