48 V to 1 V DC-DC Converter Based on Cascade/Ladder Connected Switched Capacitor Cells
This paper proposes a cascade/ladder switched capacitor converter integrated with an interleaved synchronous buck converter to provide a 48 V to 1 V conversion for data center applications. The switched capacitor stage decreases the input voltage from 48 V to 3 V (a reduction of 16 times), with low...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Eletrônica de Potência
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Eletrônica de Potência |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.sobraep.org.br/index.php/rep/article/view/1012 |
| Summary: | This paper proposes a cascade/ladder switched capacitor converter integrated with an interleaved synchronous buck converter to provide a 48 V to 1 V conversion for data center applications. The switched capacitor stage decreases the input voltage from 48 V to 3 V (a reduction of 16 times), with low voltage stress on the input switches and intermediate voltage levels that can be used as voltage sources. The interleaved buck stage provides voltage and current control and is connected in cascade with the switched capacitor stage to reduce the voltage from 3 V to 1 V (a reduction of 3 times). Furthermore, a switching frequency optimization is proposed for the switched-capacitor converter to maximize efficiency. The proposed solution was experimentally validated in a two-stage 30 W prototype: the first stage is the proposed cascade/ladder switched capacitor topology (48 V to 3 V) with unregulated conversion, which provides a maximum efficiency of 91,6%, and the second stage is the buck converters (3 V to 1 V) with regulated conversion.
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| ISSN: | 1414-8862 1984-557X |