A Stacked Piezoelectric Converter Using a Segmented IDT Lithium Niobate Resonator

被引:3
作者
Braun, Weston D. [1 ]
Stolt, Eric A. [1 ]
Nguyen, Kristi [2 ]
Segovia-Fernandez, Jeronimo [3 ]
Chakraborty, Sombuddha [3 ]
Lu, Ruochen [2 ]
Rivas-Davila, Juan M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] Texas Instruments Inc, Kilby Labs, Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA
来源
IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS | 2024年 / 5卷
关键词
DC-DC power converters; piezoelectric devices; resonant converters;
D O I
10.1109/OJPEL.2024.3365029
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Piezoelectric resonators promise to increase dc-dc converter power density by replacing inductive components. However, piezoelectric resonators are not direct circuit level replacements for inductors, requiring new topologies. In this paper, we present a stacked converter using two piezoelectric resonators, providing improved efficiency at low conversion ratios. This converter is realized with a lithium niobate thickness-shear mode resonator with interdigitated electrodes that allow the two resonators required for the topology to be realized as tightly matched sub-resonators on the same substrate. The 180 V to 60 V converter operates between 6.15 MHz and 6.35 MHz and achieves a resonator-level power density of 1.34 k W cm(3).
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页码:286 / 294
页数:9
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