Power switch : the standard small components strategy. From the state-of-the-art to future trends

Daniel Chatroux (1, 2) , Yvan Lausenaz (1, 2) , Jean-Francois Villard (1, 2) , Laurent Garnier (3) , Dominique Lafore (4)

1 CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
2 DTEN - DTEN
3 Centralp Enertronic
4 CEGEMA ESIM

In France, one joint program between Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (C.E.A.) for the research part and COGEMA for the industrial application is the development of the Uranium Vapor Laser Isotopic Separation (SILVA). The Power Electronic Laboratory from the C.E.A. in Pierrelatte is in charge of development on power supplies for Copper Vapor Lasers. For this specific application, the association of thousands of small standard components on printed circuit board is a cost-effective and reliable solution. We will explain why this solution is a costeffective and high-performance one for this application, as well as for industrial computer power supplies. Then we will set out some general rules. Moreover, we will see that, in our particular case, the serial connection of a large number of components provides a very high reliability without over-cost.

Domains: Electric power

Daniel Chatroux, Yvan Lausenaz, Jean-Francois Villard, Laurent Garnier, Dominique Lafore. Power switch : the standard small components strategy. From the state-of-the-art to future trends. PCIM’99 - Power Conversion and Intelligent Motion, Jun 1999, Nuremberg, Germany. ⟨cea-03292794⟩