High inductance thin-film transformer for high switching frequency

  • Dragan Dinulovic
  • , Mahmoud Shousha
  • , Martin Haug
  • , Joe O'Brien
  • , Santosh Kulkarni
  • , Paul McCloesky
  • , Cian O'Mathuna

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Abstract

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of on silicon integrated thin-film transformers for power applications at switching frequencies between 1 MHz and 10 MHz. Two designs of microtransformers are developed where the footprint of both designs is the same but each design has different winding style. Primary and secondary windings are interleaved in the first design and separated in the second design. Both designs show an inductance of 400 nH and 800 nH, respectively. The microtransformer devices are used and tested in a dc-dc converter that runs at a 4MHz switching frequency. The dc-dc converter with the microdevice achieves a flat efficiency curve with 72% peak efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAPEC 2018 - 33rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages560-564
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538611807
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Apr 2018
Event33rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2018 - San Antonio, United States
Duration: 4 Mar 20188 Mar 2018

Publication series

NameConference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC
Volume2018-March

Conference

Conference33rd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio
Period4/03/188/03/18

Keywords

  • DC-DC converter
  • High switching frequency
  • Magnetics on silicon
  • Microinductor
  • Microtransformer
  • Power conversion
  • Thin-film technology

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