DESIGNING OF THE BOOST CONVERTER

In order for the circuit to function properly, the external components need to be calculated
carefully. When the switch is on, the voltage across the inductor is


and the current is given by


When the switch is off, the voltage across the inductor is given by

and the current is given by


V
F
is the forward voltage drop of the output rectifier and V
sat
is the saturation voltage of the
output switch. Since I
Lon
= I
Loff,
Eqs. (2) and (4) can be set equal to each other.
This operation gives a ratio for the on time over the off time.
This ratio is given by


The values of V
in(miu),
V
F,
V
out,
and V
sat
are 6 V, 1.8 V, 12V, and 2.5 V respectively.

The inverse of the frequency of operation yields the on time plus the off time.
on
LPK
L
t
I
L
dt
di
L V = =
(1)
(

= =
off
LPK L
L
t
I I
L
dt
di
L V
min
(3)
on
sat in
Lon t
L
V V
I
(

=
(2)
(4)
off
in F out
Lpk Loff t
L
V V V
I I
(

+
=
(5)
sat in
in F out
off
on
V V
V V V
t
t

+
=
(min)
(min)
The frequency of operation for this boost converter was chosen to be 88.5 kHz.
Therefore,

Equations (5) and (6) yield an on time of 7.8s and an off time of 3.5s.
The duty cycle is given by

The calculated duty cycle of this circuit is 69.02%.
The peak current through the switch is given by

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The minimum required inductance is given by

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The calculated value of the minimum inductance is 0.015 H.



(7)
off on
on
t t
t
D
+
=
The resistance required for the current sense resister is given by

The calculated value for the current sense resistor is 1.3kO.

The value of the output capacitor is given by

Using a 0.6 V for V
ripple
, C
out
is equal to 470 F.
The values of the resistors used to control the duty cycle are given by
Using R
L
= 66k, R
7
= 33k and R
8
= 10k respectively.

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Hence the value output voltage is 12 volts.