1. A step-up chopper is used to feed a load at 400 V DC from a 250 V DC source.

The inductor
current is continuous. If the off time of the switch is 20 µs, then find the switching
frequency of the chopper in kHz ? GATE-2014

2. The input voltage VDC for the buck-boost converter shown in the figure varies from
32 V to 72 V. Assume that all components are ideal, inductor current is continuous and
output voltage is ripple free. The range of duty ratio D of the convector for which the
magnitude of the steady-state output voltage remains constant at 48 V is
______________. GATE 2017
3. A buck-boost DC–DC converter, shown in the figure below, is used to convert 24 V
battery voltage to 36 V DC voltage to feed a load of 72 W. it is operated at 20 kHz with
an inductor of 2 mH and output capacitor of 1000 mF. All devices are considered to be
ideal. The peak voltage across the solid-state switch (S), in volt is _______.
GATE 2016
4. In the following chopper, the duty ratio of switch is 0.4. If the inductor and capacitor
are sufficiently large to ensure continuous inductor current and ripple free capacitor
voltage, the charging current (in Ampere) of the 5 V battery, under steady-state is
______.
5. The following figure shows a chopper operating from a 100 V DC input. The duty ratio
of the main switch S is 0.8. The load is sufficiently inductive so that the load current is
ripple free. The average current through the diode D under steady state is_____.
GATE 2004

6. The figure shows two buck converters connected in parallel. The common input dc
voltage for the converters has a value of 100 V. The converters have inductors of
identical value. The load resistance is 1 Ω. The capacitor voltage has negligible ripple.
Both converters operate in the continuous conduction mode. The switching frequency
is 1 kHz, and the switch control signals are as shown. The circuit operates in the steady
state. Assuming that the converters share the load equally, the average value of iS1, the
current of switch S1 (in Ampere), is _____ (up to 2 decimal places).

(GATE-2018)
Solution:

Vo = D Vs = 0.5×100 = 50V

IO = Vo/R =50A

Po= VO. IO= 2500W

By power conversion Vs. Is (avg.) = Vo. Io

Is (avg.) =25A

Since both converter share equal current = 12.5A

7. A buck-boost DC-DC converter, shown in the figure below, is used to

convert 24 V battery voltage to 36 V DC voltage to feed a load of 72 W. It
is operated at 20 kHz with an inductor of 2 mH and output capacitor of
1000 μF. All devices are considered to be ideal. The peak voltage across
the solid-state switch (S), in volt, is ____________.

(GATE-2016)

Solution:
When switch is off, the diode will be ON.
Since the given diode is ideal, it will have zero voltage drop when it is
conducting.
Applying KVL in the outer loop,
-24+Vswitch+(-36) =0
Vswitch=60V