When a DC voltage source supplies energy to an electric load, it can operate either for maximum power transfer and low efficiency (50%), or with an acceptable efficiency with less power transferred. In this paper an analytic expression is developed and used to quantify this trade off. Moreover, this expression is validated by an experimental circuit demonstrator.
['Arturo Fajardo Jaimes', 'Fernando Rangel de Sousa']
Revisiting the power-efficiency trade-off on a DC voltage source