Ćuk converter
Convertidor Ćuk
- Date
- 1977 · confidence high
- Place
- Pasadena, California, United States
- Credited to
- Slobodan Ćuk
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
DC-to-DC buck-boost converter with very low current ripple, combining boost and buck converter topologies and using a capacitor as its main energy-storage element.
What it led to
- High-efficiency switched-mode power supplies
- DC-DC converters for consumer electronics
- Applications in renewable energy and battery systems
- Development of derived switched-converter topologies