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Glenn
Read a little about isolated Cuk converters.
Why are they not used instead of Buck, boost, Buck-boost converters?
They work best with CCM but can of cause also use DCM. The original
patents are expired:
http://boostbuck.com/TheFourTopologies.html
The 1:1 transformer is gapless. The input/output-transformer must have a
gap:
http://www.boostbuck.com/IsolationoftheCukConverter.html
http://www.boostbuck.com/BypassingaCapacitor.html
http://www.boostbuck.com/GoodLookingMagnetics.html
Cuk topology is current loading/dumping, which means both input and
output ripple is a lot easier to tame. Hey there is an inductor for
"free" in series with the input and output.
( Here only the basic unisolated Cuk is described:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ćuk_converter )
I have only found one (non-isolated) Cuk chip:
http://www.ti.com/product/lm2611
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm2611.pdf
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It is even possible to couple the input/output inductor for (almost)
zero input ripple.
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The "worst"/"impossible" Cuk to design seems to be the Integrated
Magnetics Cuk Converter (IMCC, "DC transformer") because of "the two RHP
zeros". Why is that a problem? Can the control be some AI? In DCM, each
cycle can be done separately, so you have full control? Note: The IMCC
is the 1:1 transformer and input/output-transformer integrated.
It is called a DC transformer because of (almost) zero input and output
ripple.
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boostbuck.com: Easy Design of the Boostbuck Family of Converters: Beef:
http://www.boostbuck.com/Beef.html
Quote: "...Gus: I visited Dr. Cuk at his Irvine laboratories not long
ago--he is an old mentor and friend of mine. He told me himself that the
original patents on his converter had expired. His company has patents
on further mods to the topology still in effect, but the original
topology is no longer patented. It is this original that I deal with on
my site...Gus: Nothing on my website is patented..."
home.netvigator.com: Cuk converter:
http://home.netvigator.com/~blessyou/cuk.html
Citat: "...The Cuk converter is a new SMPS topology at this moment. It
include higher efficiency, low input and output current ripple, minimal
RFI, small size and weight..."
T.S. Finnegan (January, 1991). "Cúk: the best SMPS" (på English).
Electronics World & Wireless World ISSN: 0959-8332 Discontinued in 1995.
Continued by Electronics World (ISSN: 1365-4675).: pp.69--72. Look at
table at page 71. Quote: "...
The table below gives the effective primary and secondary copper losses,
and the transistor and diode stress levels for the three types of
converter, operating under identical conditions, for three different
output voltages. The Cúk converter is more efficient and has lower
stress levels in almost every respect
....."
Terrence Finnegan (July, 1991). "Design brief: 60W Cuk converter".
Electronics World & Wireless World ISSN: 0959-8332 Continued by
Electronics World (ISSN: 1365-4675).: pp.596--600.
Ćuk, Slobodan; Middlebrook, R. D. (June 8, 1976). "A General Unified
Approach to Modelling Switching-Converter Power Stages" (PDF).
Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference
(Cleveland, OH.): pp.73-86:
http://www.ee.bgu.ac.il/~kushnero/temp/guamicuk.pdf
Glenn
Why are they not used instead of Buck, boost, Buck-boost converters?
They work best with CCM but can of cause also use DCM. The original
patents are expired:
http://boostbuck.com/TheFourTopologies.html
The 1:1 transformer is gapless. The input/output-transformer must have a
gap:
http://www.boostbuck.com/IsolationoftheCukConverter.html
http://www.boostbuck.com/BypassingaCapacitor.html
http://www.boostbuck.com/GoodLookingMagnetics.html
Cuk topology is current loading/dumping, which means both input and
output ripple is a lot easier to tame. Hey there is an inductor for
"free" in series with the input and output.
( Here only the basic unisolated Cuk is described:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ćuk_converter )
I have only found one (non-isolated) Cuk chip:
http://www.ti.com/product/lm2611
http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm2611.pdf
-
It is even possible to couple the input/output inductor for (almost)
zero input ripple.
-
The "worst"/"impossible" Cuk to design seems to be the Integrated
Magnetics Cuk Converter (IMCC, "DC transformer") because of "the two RHP
zeros". Why is that a problem? Can the control be some AI? In DCM, each
cycle can be done separately, so you have full control? Note: The IMCC
is the 1:1 transformer and input/output-transformer integrated.
It is called a DC transformer because of (almost) zero input and output
ripple.
-
boostbuck.com: Easy Design of the Boostbuck Family of Converters: Beef:
http://www.boostbuck.com/Beef.html
Quote: "...Gus: I visited Dr. Cuk at his Irvine laboratories not long
ago--he is an old mentor and friend of mine. He told me himself that the
original patents on his converter had expired. His company has patents
on further mods to the topology still in effect, but the original
topology is no longer patented. It is this original that I deal with on
my site...Gus: Nothing on my website is patented..."
home.netvigator.com: Cuk converter:
http://home.netvigator.com/~blessyou/cuk.html
Citat: "...The Cuk converter is a new SMPS topology at this moment. It
include higher efficiency, low input and output current ripple, minimal
RFI, small size and weight..."
T.S. Finnegan (January, 1991). "Cúk: the best SMPS" (på English).
Electronics World & Wireless World ISSN: 0959-8332 Discontinued in 1995.
Continued by Electronics World (ISSN: 1365-4675).: pp.69--72. Look at
table at page 71. Quote: "...
The table below gives the effective primary and secondary copper losses,
and the transistor and diode stress levels for the three types of
converter, operating under identical conditions, for three different
output voltages. The Cúk converter is more efficient and has lower
stress levels in almost every respect
....."
Terrence Finnegan (July, 1991). "Design brief: 60W Cuk converter".
Electronics World & Wireless World ISSN: 0959-8332 Continued by
Electronics World (ISSN: 1365-4675).: pp.596--600.
Ćuk, Slobodan; Middlebrook, R. D. (June 8, 1976). "A General Unified
Approach to Modelling Switching-Converter Power Stages" (PDF).
Proceedings of the IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference
(Cleveland, OH.): pp.73-86:
http://www.ee.bgu.ac.il/~kushnero/temp/guamicuk.pdf
Glenn
