%0 Journal Article
%T Convertidor multinivel DC/DC de alto voltaje en topolog¨ªa escalera
%A L¨®pez-Ca£¿¨®n
%A Andr¨¦s Mauricio
%A Diez-Medina
%A Rafael Fernando
%A Perilla-Galindo
%A Gabriel
%A Pati£¿o-Guevara
%A Diego Alejandro
%J Ingenier¨ªa y Universidad
%D 2012
%I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
%X this article analyzes and designs a ladder multilevel converter topology for a high voltage application (3000 v). this converter is compared to other well-known structures called flying capacitors showing its simplicity for implementation and control. in addition, an analysis of the voltage drop of the ladder topology is carried out as a function of the number of cells and of the load current. furthermore, the converter is implemented and successfully achieves 3000 v 100 ma. the theoretical analysis is validated by the results. the converter is tested with two different types of capacitors in order to determine which one offers a better performance.
%K power electronics
%K semiconductors
%K dc/dc converter
%K electric current converters.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-21262012000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en