JOURNAL ARTICLE

Design guidelines for DC/DC converter using piezoelectric transformer

Abstract

Piezoelectric transformers (PTs) have lately been looked upon as an attractive solution to reduce size and weight in AC/DC converters. This paper presents a topology that includes such a device while minimizing the number of additional components required for an adequate performance. An 8 Watt AC/DC adapter (110 V/sub AC/, 12 V/sub DC/) operating at frequencies around 500 kHz is obtained using this topology.

Keywords:
Transformer Converters Electrical engineering Forward converter Topology (electrical circuits) Piezoelectricity Electronic engineering Flyback converter Engineering Computer science Voltage Boost converter

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