The control of the input voltage of DC-DC converters is frequently required in photovoltaic applications. In this special situation, unlike conventional converters, the output voltage is constant and the input voltage is controlled. This paper deals with the analysis and the control of the buck converter with constant output voltage and variable input.

This paper presents an approach for teaching and learning dc-dc converter design using MathCAD. MathCAD provides advantages that greatly improve teaching and learning process especially when long and complicated design equations are involved such as those found in dc-dc converters. A design example using Excel is presented and then compared with the same example using MathCAD. Experience learne...

Step-up dc-dc converters have to cope with extremely low input voltages when used in combination with energy harvesting sources like thermogenerators, inductive generators or solar cells. The presented dc-dc converter is characterized by a high efficiency, up to 70 % in the input voltage range between 200 mV and 500 mV, and a minimum start-up voltage of 70 mV. It can deliver an output power of ...

This paper presents a high-power microwave oscillator using recursive balanced amplification technique. The proposed architecture is configured by power amplifier (BPA) with class-AB operation and two feedback networks. Each circuit consists of phase shifter high-Q bandpass filter (BPF). BPA an input hybrid coupler (IHC) output (OHC) to divide recombine signals amplified through amplifiers (PAs...

This work reports a multipurpose highly linear ultrawideband amplifier with gain-bandwidth product (GBP) of 1.75 THz, the highest reported in any monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) process. A transimpedance is cascaded distributed amplifier, emulating receiver subsystem. Using diamond heat spreader, to dissipate from transistors, amplification subsystem can achieve very high output ...

1) Institut GOŠA d.o.o., Milana Rakića 35, 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA 2) Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bul. kralja Aleksandra 73, 11120 Belgrade, SERBIA Introduction ANY industrial electronic control systems are designed to operate using only a single-power-supply voltage. The conventional integrated-circuit operational amplifier (IC op amp) is typically designed for split power supplies (±15 ...

Optical communication links are usually made with erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, which amplify the signal waves in a phase-insensitive (PI) manner. They can also be made with parametric fiber amplifiers, in which the signal waves interact with idler waves. If information is transmitted using only the signals, parametric amplifiers are PI and their noise figures are comparable to those of erbium...