A Stacked Piezoelectric Converter Using a Segmented IDT Lithium Niobate Resonator

Autor: Weston D. Braun, Eric A. Stolt, Kristi Nguyen, Jeronimo Segovia-Fernandez, Sombuddha Chakraborty, Ruochen Lu, Juan M. Rivas-Davila
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, Vol 5, Pp 286-294 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2644-1314
DOI: 10.1109/OJPEL.2024.3365029
Popis: 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 $\text{1.34}\;\text{kW}/\text{cm}^{3}$.
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