Digital control of a high-voltage (2.5 kV) bidirectional DC-DC converter for driving a dielectric electro active polymer (DEAP) based capacitive actuator
Abstract
This paper presents a digital control technique toachieve valley switching in a bidirectional flyback converterused to drive a dielectric electro active polymer basedincremental actuator. The incremental actuator consists ofthree electrically isolated, mechanically connected capacitiveactuators. The incremental actuator requires three highvoltage (~2.5 kV) bidirectional DC-DC converters, toaccomplish the incremental motion by charging anddischarging the capacitive actuators. The bidirectional flybackconverter employs a digital controller to improve efficiencyand charge/discharge speed using the valley switchingtechnique during both charge and discharge processes, withoutthe need to sense signals on the output high-voltage side.Experimental results verifying the bidirectional operation of asingle high voltage flyback converter are presented, using afilm capacitor as the load. Energy efficiency measurements are provided.
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Conference Paper, 2014
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