TUTORIAL

DC-DC CONVERTERS 4
BUCK CONVERTER:

Figure 1: BUCK Converter

1. The buck converter of Fig.1 has the following parameters:

Vs = 24 V
D = 0.65
L = 25 µH
C = 15 µF
R = 10 Ω

The switching frequency is 100 kHz. Determine;

a) The output voltage

b) The maximum and minimum inductor currents
c) The output voltage ripple

2. The buck converter of Fig.1 has the following parameters:

Vs = 15 V
D = 0.6
L = 10 µH
C = 50 µF
R=5Ω
 The switching frequency is 150 kHz. Determine;

a) The output voltage

b) The maximum and minimum inductor currents
c) The output voltage ripple

3. The buck converter of Fig.1 has an input of 50 V and output of 25 V. The switching
frequency is 100 kHz and the output power to a load resistor is 125 W. Determine;
a) The duty ratio
b) The value of inductance to limit the peak inductor current to 6.25 A
c) The value of capacitance to limit the output voltage ripple to 0.5 percent.

4. The buck converter has an input of 6 V and output of 1.5 V. the load resistor is 3 Ω, the
switching frequency is 400 kHz, L = 5 µH and C = 10µF. Determine;
a) The duty ratio
b) The average, peak and rms inductor currents
c) The average source current
d) The peak and average diode current

BOOST CONVERTER:

Figure 2: BOOST Converter

1. The boost converter of Fig.2 has parameter:

Vs = 20 V
D = 0.6
L = 10 µH
C = 40 µF
R = 12.5 Ω

The switching frequency is 200 kHz. Determine; (Assume ideal components)

 a) The output voltage
b) The average, maximum and minimum inductor currents
c) The output voltage ripple
d) The average current in the diode
e) Sketch the inductor and capacitor currents.

2. A boost converter has an input of 5 V and an output of 25 W at 15 V. The minimum inductor

current must be no less than 50 percent of the average. The output voltage ripple must be
less than 1 percent. The switching frequency is 300 kHz. Determine the duty ratio,
minimum inductor value and minimum capacitor value.

3. Design a boost converter to provide an output of 18 V from a 12 V source. The load is 20 W.

The output voltage ripple must be less than 0.5 percent. Specify the duty ratio, the switching
frequency, the inductor size and rms current rating, and the capacitor size and rms current
rating. Design for continuous current. Assume ideal components.

BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER:

1. The buck-boost converter of Fig.3 has parameters:

Vs = 12 V
D = 0.6
L = 10 µH
C = 20 µF
R = 10 Ω

The switching frequency is 200 kHz. Determine;

a) The output voltage

b) The average, maximum and minimum inductor currents
c) The output voltage ripple
f) Sketch the inductor and capacitor currents for the buck-boost converter.

2. The buck-boost converter of Fig.3 has Vs = 24 V, VO = -36 V and the load resistance of 10 Ω.
The switching frequency is 100 kHz. Determine;
a) The inductance such that the minimum current is 40 percent of the average
b) The capacitance required to limit the output voltage ripple to 0.5 percent.
Figure 3: BUCK-BOOST Converter