A low-profile, high-performance, GaN converter design for a portable SPV charger

References

• eGaN FET Datasheet. “EPC2014C – Enhancement Mode Power Transistor”, [Online] Available: https://epc-co.com/epc/Portals/0/epc/documents/datasheets/EPC2014C_ datasheet. pdf, Accessed on 7th November 2019
   Google Scholar
• Ali, Q. I., “Design & implementation of a mobile phone charging system based on solar energy harvesting,” 2010 1st International Conference on Energy, Power and Control (EPC-IQ), 2010 November 30 - December 2 Basrah, Iraq, pp. 264–267.
   Google Scholar
• Channappanavar, R., and S. Mishra, “A Review of Compensator Design for Digital Controller Implementation for DC-DC Converters,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) 23-27 September 2018, Portland, USA, , pp. 1401–06.
   Google Scholar
• Gangwar, P., T. Ravi Pratap, and A. Kumar Singh. 2021 May. Solar photovoltaic tree: A review of designs, performance, applications, and challenges. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 1–28. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2021.1901802.
   Google Scholar
• Ghosh, S. B., M. K. Sarkar, P. Dutta, and P. Dutta. 2016. Design and implementation of type-II and type-III controller for DC–DC switched-mode boost converter by using K-factor approach and optimisation techniques. IET Power Electronics 9 (5):938–50. doi:https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2015.0144.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jones, E. A., F. F. Wang, and D. Costinett. September 2016. Review of Commercial GaN Power Devices and GaN-Based Converter Design Challenges. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 4(3):707–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2016.2582685.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kang, J., J. Park, M. Jeong, and C. Yoo. March 2019. A Time-Domain-Controlled Current-Mode Buck Converter With Wide Output Voltage Range. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 54(3):865–73. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2018.2884912.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koszel, M., and P. Grzejszczak. 2020. “Power loss estimating in GaN E-HEMT based synchronous buck-boost converter,” 2020 Progress in Applied Electrical Engineering (PAEE), 1–6. Poland: Koscielisko.
   Google Scholar
• Li, C., Y. Lo, H. Chiu, and T. Y. Chen. 2012. Accurate power-loss estimation for continuous-current-conduction-mode synchronous Buck converters. 2012 International conference on Anti-counterfeiting, Security, and Identification (ASID), 24-26 August 2012, Taipei, Taiwan. 1–5.
   Google Scholar
• Lin, C., L. Yang, and W. G. W. January 2013. Study of a non-isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter. IET Power Electronics 6(1):30–37. doi: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2012.0338.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Millán, J., P. Godignon, X. Perpiñà, A. Pérez-Tomás, and J. Rebollo. May 2014. A Survey of Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 29(5):2155–63. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2013.2268900.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Neeraja, K., Y. V. Bhavya, S. Mohan, and V. Chandrasekar, “Design, simulation and implementation techniques of high performance GaN SMPS,” 2016 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Trivandrum, India, , 2016, pp. 1–6.
   Google Scholar
• Park, J., H. Lee, S. Shin, W. Choi, and S. Hong. May 2020. A 0.46 mm2 On-Chip Compensated Type-III Buck Converter Using an Inner Feedback Loop With a Seamless CCM/DCM Transition Technique. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 35(5):4477–82. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2019.2949341.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rahimi, M., P. Parto, and P. Asadi , “Compensator Design Procedure for Buck Converter with Voltage Mode Error-Amplifier” [Online]Available: https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/an1162.pdf?fileId=5546d462533600a40153559a8e17111a, Accessed on 2nd October 2020
   Google Scholar
• Raymond, B. R., “An Accurate and Practical Small-Signal Model for Current-Mode Control” 1999, [ Online] Available: https://tinyurl.com/y5uypdlh, Accessed on November 2019.
   Google Scholar
• Reusch, D., and J. Strydom, “Evaluation of gallium nitride transistors in high frequency resonant and soft-switching DC-DC converters,” 2014 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC 2014, Fort Worth, TX, 2014, pp. 464–70.
   Google Scholar
• Rodríguez, M., Y. Zhang, and D. Maksimović. May 2014. High-Frequency PWM Buck Converters Using GaN-on-SiC HEMTs. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 29(5):2462–73. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2013.2279212.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saini, D. K., A. Ayachit, M. K. Kazimierczuk, and T. Suetsugu, “High switching frequency performance of E-GaN FETs and silicon MOSFETs,” 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 2017, pp. 1–6.
   Google Scholar
• Schuss, C., B. Eichberger, and T. Rahkonen, “Design specifications and guidelines for efficient solar chargers of mobile phones,” 2014 IEEE 11th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD14), 11-14 February 2014 Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1–5.
   Google Scholar
• Schuss, C., and T. Rahkonen, “Solar energy harvesting strategies for portable devices such as mobile phones,” 14th Conference of Open Innovation Association FRUCT 11-15 November 2013 Espoo, Finland, , pp. 132–39.
   Google Scholar
• Shenai, K., “Accurate design of high-performance synchronous buck DC-DC power converters,” 2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, 2013, pp. 435–38.
   Google Scholar
• Thummala, P., D. B. Yelaverthi, R. A. Zane, Z. Ouyang, and M. A. E. Andersen. July-Augest 2019. A 10-MHz GaNFET-Based-Isolated High Step-Down DC–DC Converter: Design and Magnetics investigation. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 55(4):3889–900. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2019.2904455.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• TI Application Report, “Understanding buck power stages in power supply” March 1999 [ Online] Available: http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva057/slva057.pdf, Accessed on 21st November 2019
   Google Scholar
• Wang, P., S. Huang, K. Fang, and T. Kuo, “An undershoot/overshoot-suppressed current-mode buck converter with voltage-setting control for type-II compensator,” 2015 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC) 9-11 November 2015 Xiamen, China, , pp. 1–4.
   Google Scholar
• Wang, C., S. Xu, W. Shen, S. Lu, and W. Sun. September 2019. A Single-Switched High-Switching-Frequency Quasi-Resonant Flyback Converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 34(9):8775–86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2884937.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang, Y., M. Rodríguez, and D. Maksimović. November 2016. Very High Frequency PWM Buck Converters Using Monolithic GaN Half-Bridge Power Stages With Integrated Gate Drivers. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 31(11):7926–42. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2015.2513058.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar