Class DE DC-DC converters

Abstract

This paper describes work using computers to elucidate aspects of the design of class DE DC-DC converters. Class DE is a relatively new type of converter arrangement, whose advantages relate to efficient operation (low switching loss) at megahertz frequencies. Its disadvantages relate to control, and to matching between inverter and rectifier. These are the issues investigated in the paper. In order that the work should be easily accessible to others, readily available packages such as Maple((R)) and Excel((R)) have been used.