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A High-Performance Cascaded Switched Capacitor Converter for 48 V-to-8 V in Data Centers

  • Yue Li
  • , Yueshi Guan*
  • , Xiang Li
  • , Yijie Wang
  • , Dianguo Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

To address the increasing demand for high power density and cost-effective voltage regulator modules (VRMs) in modern data centers, this paper proposes a multi-resonant cascaded interleaved switched-capacitor topology. The proposed topology is capable of stepping down the input voltage from 48 V to 8 V. It integrates a 2-to-1 front stage with a 3-to-1 rear-stage resonant network, where both stages actively participate in resonance, enhancing converter efficiency. The converter can operate in either Zero-Voltage Switching (ZVS) mode. Under ZVS operation, most of the switching devices achieve zero-voltage turn-on, effectively reducing switching losses and enabling high-frequency operation. Based on comprehensive theoretical analysis and design considerations, a hardware prototype is implemented to validate the proposed topology. Experimental results show that the power density of the prototype reaches 371 W/in3, while maintaining a peak efficiency of over 96.56%, providing a reference for the design of high-power density switched capacitor converter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of China Electrotechnical Society
EditorsQingxin Yang, Dianguo Xu, Xuerong Ye, Qiuyue Nie, Yueshi Guan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages371-378
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789819573332
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Externally publishedYes
Event20th Annual Conference of China Electrotechnical Society, ACCES 2025 - Harbin, China
Duration: 19 Sep 202521 Sep 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume1564 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference20th Annual Conference of China Electrotechnical Society, ACCES 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period19/09/2521/09/25

Keywords

  • DC-DC Converter
  • Multi Resonant
  • Switched Capacitor

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