On energy efficiency of switched-capacitor converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 862-876

  Cheung, Chun Kit ^a   Tan, Siew Chong ^b   Tse, Chi K ^a   Ioinovici, Adrian ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c National Center for Power Electronics and Energy   (China)

Author keywords

Charging efficiency; discharging efficiency; flying capacitor; full charging; full discharging; partial charging; partial discharging; quasi switched capacitor (QSC) converter; switched capacitor (SC) converter

Indexed keywords

CHARGING EFFICIENCY; FLYING CAPACITOR; FULL DISCHARGING; PARTIAL DISCHARGING; QUASI-SWITCHED-CAPACITOR (QSC) CONVERTER; SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84867036798     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2204903     Document Type: Article

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