Assignment-1

Total Marks-100

Q1. The buck converter has an input voltage of Vs = 12V. The required average output voltage is
Vo = 5V at R =500 Ω and the peak-to-peak output ripple voltage is 20mV. The switching
frequency is 25kHz. If the peak-to-peak ripple current of inductor is limited to 0.8 A, determine
(a) the duty cycle D, (b) the filter inductance L, (c) the filter capacitor C, and (d) the critical
values of L and C. Sketch the circuit diagram and all the waveforms.

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Q2. The buck dc-dc converter has the following parameters:
Vs =50 V
D=0.4
L =400uH
C =100uF
f = 20kHz
R =20Ω
Assuming ideal components, calculate (a) the output voltage Vo, (b) the maximum and
minimum inductor current, and (c) the output voltage ripple.

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Q3. A buck converter has an input voltage of 50V and output of 25V. The switching frequency is
10kHz. The power output is 125W. Determine:

(a) The duty cycle D.

(b) The value of inductor L to limit the peak inductor current to 6.25A.

(c) The value of capacitance to limit the output voltage ripple factor to 0.5%.

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Q4. Design a buck converter such that the output voltage is 28V when the input is 48V. The load is
8Ω. Design the converter such that it operates in discontinuous conduction mode. The output
voltage ripple must not be more than 0.5%. Specify the frequency and the values of each
component. Assume ideal components.
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Q5. A boost converter is required to have an output voltage of 8V and supply a load current of 1A.
The input voltage varies from 2.7 to 4.2 V. A control circuit adjusts the duty ratio to keep the
output voltage constant. Select the switching frequency. Determine a value for the inductor
such that the variation in inductor current is no more than 40% of the average inductor current
for all operating conditions. Determine a value of an ideal capacitor such that the output voltage
ripple is no more than 2%.
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Q6. The buck-boost converter has parameters Vs =12V, D =0.6, R =10 Ω, L =10 µH, C =20 µF
and a switching frequency of 200kHz. Determine (a) the output voltage, (b) the average,
maximum and minimum inductor currents, (c) the output voltage ripple, d) Sketch the circuit
diagram and all the waveforms.
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Q7. Show that in an ideal boost dc-dc power converter, the output current at the boundary between
CCM and DCM is given by
𝑇𝑠 𝑉𝑜
𝐼𝑜𝐵 = 𝐷(1 − 𝐷)2
2𝐿
Determine the duty cycle at which the maximum boundary current IoB max occurs.
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Q8. A converter is used in brushless DC machine which gives an output voltage of 50V when the
input voltage provided to it is in the range of 36 V to 72 V and power output Po varies between
10W and 200W & switching frequency fs= 40kHz.
(a) Calculate minimum inductance L such that the operation is kept in DCM under all
conditions.
(b) Sketch the circuit diagram and following waveforms (Input voltage = 60 V, half-load): Input
& inductor currents, capacitor current, transistor voltage and diode voltage.
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