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Modularized Buck-Boost + Cuk Converter for High Voltage Series Connected battery cells

Modularized Buck-Boost + Cuk Converter for High Voltage Series Connected Battery Cells paper proposes a new bidirectional dc-dc converterbuck-boost + Cuk converterfor series connected battery cells. Normally , in order to balance n battery cells in a string, (2n-1) switches are required by either the buck-boost converter or the Cuk converter. Whereas , by combining the buck-boost converter and the Cuk converter together. The new combination of buck-boost and Cuk converter requires n switches only. The combination requires half of the total switches. It achieves almost half of the switch count reduction, without losing the advantage of modularization and altering the device voltage stress, unlike many other existing devices. It maintains the best characteristics of buck-boost converter which includes: -simple pulse width modulation (PWM) -50% duty cycle. Moreover, it also offers: -a solution to bypass the open-circuit faulty cells, and - prolong the life time of the whole battery string.

The seminar would cover the following topics:

-description of buck converter, -description of boost conveter, -description of buck boost converter. -description of cuk converter. -history,need,benefits of the converters. -implementation of the combination of two converters. -advantages of using this combination of buck boost and cuk converters.

-use and benefits of the combination in future. -drawbacks of the combination.