Design Challenges For Distributed Power Systems

Fred C. Lee, Ming Xu, Shuo Wang, Bing Lu
2006 2006 CES/IEEE 5th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference  
Remarkable progresses have been made over the past decade in power conversion technologies, including advanced power semiconductor devices, power management ICs, innovative circuit topologies, and packaging and integrated system solutions. These technological advancements have been manifested in a wide range of products and applications with ever increasing performances, efficiency, and power density. This paper highlights some of the challenges and opportunities of power conversion
more » ... in the Distributed Power System (DPS) for computer, telecommunication and network products. Topics techniques to mitigate the detrimental effects of filter/converter parasitics; impacts of the operating frequency of PFC to the size and weight of EMI filter; power conversion architecture and potential simplification; highfrequency high-density AC/DC and DC/DC topologies and designs; bus converters; as well as non-isolated point-of-load converters.
doi:10.1109/ipemc.2006.4777941 fatcat:sqzjjxbp6bbq3pnex3qrhhwwem