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A 4–40 V Wide Input Range Boost Converter With the Protection Re-Cycling Technique for 200 W High Power LiDAR System in a Long-Distance Object Detection
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of. 58(7):1850-1859 Jul, 2023
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Computing and Processing
Inductors
Capacitors
Discharges (electric)
Laser radar
Topology
Switches
Voltage
Boost converter
flying capacitor
high conversion ratio (CR)
high power light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system
protection re-cycling (PRC) technique
wide input range (WIR)
Language
ISSN
0018-9200
1558-173X
Abstract
This article presents a high conversion ratio (CR) boost converter with the protection re-cycling (PRC) technique to prevent the eGaN power FET from being damaged. The PRC technique mainly redirects the current to the storage capacitor. When the eGaN power FET is turned off, not only the eGaN power FET will not be damaged by the high ${L}~\text{d}i$ /d t, but also the redirected current can be used to improve efficiency. For automotive applications, the battery voltage may crank to a low voltage of 4 V in the case of sudden power-ON, and immediately rise to a high voltage of 40 V during a loading pump. Therefore, this article also proposed a wide input range (WIR) boost converter to ensure the correct operation of the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system in any input voltage conditions.