
310 F. L. Luo and H. Ye
The efficiency is
η
B
=
P
O
P
I
=
V
H
4V
L
(14.250)
14.8.2 Four-quadrant Switched-capacitor
DC/DC Luo-converter
Four-quadrant switched-capacitor DC/DC Luo-converter is
shown in Fig. 14.78. Since it performs the voltage-lift technique,
it has a simple structure with four-quadrant operation. This
converter consists of eight switches and two capacitors. The
source voltage V
1
and load voltage V
2
(e.g. a battery or DC
motor back EMF) are usually constant voltages. In this paper
they are supposed to be ±21 V and ±14 V. Capacitors C
1
and
C
2
are same and C
1
= C
2
= 2000 µF. The circuit equivalent
resistance R = 50 m. Therefore, there are four modes of
operation for this converter:
1. Mode A: energy is converted from source to positive
voltage load; the first-quadrant operation, Q
I
;
2. Mode B: energy is converted from positive voltage load
to source; the second-quadrant operation, Q
II
;
3. Mode C: energy is converted from source to negative
voltage load; the third-quadrant operation, Q
III
;
4. Mode D: energy is converted from negative voltage
load to source; the fourth-quadrant operation, Q
IV
.
The first-quadrant (Mode A) is so called the forward motor-
ing (Forw. Mot.) operation. V
1
and V
2
are positive, and
I
1
and I
2
are positive as well. The second-quadrant (Mode
B) is so called the forward regenerative (Forw. Reg.) braking
operation. V
1
and V
2
are positive, and I
1
and I
2
are negative.
The third-quadrant (Mode C) is so-called the reverse motor-
ing (Rev. Mot.) operation. V
1
and I
1
are positive, and V
2
and
I
2
are negative. The fourth-quadrant (Mode D) is so-called the
reverse regenerative (Rev. Reg.) braking operation. V
1
and I
2
are positive, and I
1
and V
2
are negative.
Each mode has two conditions: V
1
> V
2
and V
1
< V
2
(or
|V
2
|for Q
III
and Q
IV
). Each condition has two states: “on” and
S
1
S
3
S
2
S
5
S4
V
2
V
1
i
1
i
2
C
1
C
2
S
6
S
7
S
8
i
C1
+
+
V
C1
−
−
+
_
FIGURE 14.78 Four-quadrant sc DC/DC Luo-converter.
TABLE 14.6 Switch’s status (mentioned switches are not open)
Quadrant No.
and mode
Condition State Source side Load side
ON OFF
QI, Mode A V
1
> V
2
S
1,4,6,8
S
2,4,6,8
V
1
+ V
2
+
Forw. Mot. V
1
< V
2
S
1,4,6,8
S
2,4,7
I
1
+ I
2
+
QII, Mode B V
1
> V
2
S
2,4,6,8
S
1,4,7
V
1
+ V
2
+
Forw. Reg. V
1
< V
2
S
2,4,6,8
S
1,4,6,8
I
1
− I
2
−
QIII, Mode C V
1
> |V
2
| S
1,4,6,8
S
3,5,6,8
V
1
+ V
2
−
Rev. Mot. V
1
< |V
2
| S
1,4,6,8
S
3,5,7
I
1
+ I
2
−
QIV Mode D V
1
> |V
2
| S
3,5,6,8
S
1,4,7
V
1
+ V
2
−
Rev. Reg. V
1
< |V
2
| S
3,5,6,8
S
1,4,6,8
I
1
− I
2
+
“off.” Usually, each state is operating in various conduction
duty k for different currents. As usual, the efficiency of all SC
DC/DC converters is independent from the conduction duty
cycle k. The switching period is T where T = 1/f . The switch
status is shown in Table 14.6.
As usual, the transfer efficiency only relies on the ratio of
the source and load voltages, and it is independent on R, C, f,
and k. We select k = 0.5 for our description. Other values for
the reference are f = 5 kHz, V
1
= 21 V, V
2
= 14 V, and total
C = 4000 µF, R = 50 m.
For Mode A1, condition V
1
> V
2
is shown in Fig. 14.78a.
Since V
1
> V
2
, two capacitors C
1
and C
2
are connected in
parallel. During switch-on state, switches S
1
,S
4
,S
6
, and S
8
are closed and other switches are open. In this case, capaci-
tors C
1
// C
2
are charged via the circuit V
1
–S
1
–C
1
// C
2
–S
4
, and
the voltage across capacitors C
1
and C
2
is increasing. During
switch-off state, switch S
2
,S
4
,S
6
, and S
8
are closed and other
switches are open. In this case capacitors C
1
// C
2
are discharged
via the circuit S
2
–V
2
–S
4
–C
1
// C
2
, and the voltage across capac-
itors C
1
and C
2
is decreasing. Capacitors C
1
and C
2
transfer
the energy from the source to the load.
The average capacitor voltage
V
C
= kV
1
+(1 −k)V
2
(14.251)