Revealing Hybrid DC-DC Converters

This book provides an in-depth introduction to hybrid DC-DC converters, which integrate both inductors and capacitors for high efficiency and high power density. These converters address the demands of applications like high-performance computing and automotive electronics. While numerous hybrid converter combinations have been explored in recent research, this book guides readers in selecting the optimal topology for a specific application. This book provides an incisive understanding of hybrid converters, revealing their underlying design philosophy. The authors present multiple examples of popular hybrid converters, tracing their evolution from simple, fundamental transformer models while highlighting their benefits and limitations. Furthermore, the book includes design guidelines for inventing new hybrid converters.

Enables readers to design/invent hybrid DC-DC converters, best-suited to specific applications Explains the advantages and disadvantages of numerous hybrid converters already available Demonstrates how to use a simple DC transformer model to analyze the complex circuit of hybrid DC-DC converters

Autorentext

Mo Huang received the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics and solid-state electronics from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, in 2014. From 2008 to 2014, he was an IC Design Engineer and Project Manager with Rising Microelectronic Ltd., Guangzhou, China. From 2015 to 2016, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMSV), University of Macau, Macau, China. From 2017 to 2019, he was with the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, as an Associate Professor. He is currently an Assistant Professor with AMSV and Institute of Microelectronics, University of Macau, Macau, China. His current research interests are power management integrated circuits and systems.

Dr. Huang is currently an ISSCC ITPC Member and CICC TPC Member. He was a recipient of the ISSCC 2017 Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper. He has been serving as an Associate Editor for Microelectronics Journal since 2021, and a Young Editor for Journal of Semiconductor since 2024.

Rui P. Martins (Fellow 08; Life Fellow 24), received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From Switched-capacitor Converter to Hybrid Converter.- Chapter 3. Basic Hybrid Converters with 2:1 SC.- Chapter 4. Design Philosophy of Recent Hybrid Converters.- Chapter 5. Advanced High-order Hybrid Converters Examples.- Chapter 6. Design Flow and Examples of Inventing New Hybrid Converters.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.