Voltage balance across capacitors in flying-capacitor multilevel boost converter

[GottaKnow]

The text in the paper says that C1 has Vout/N-1 = Vout/6, C2 has 2*Vout/6 and so on...
Can someone please explain how?

Source : Liao, Zitao, Yutian Lei, and Robert CN Pilawa-Podgurski. "A GaN-based flying-capacitor multilevel boost converter for high step-up conversion." Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2016 IEEE. IEEE, 2016.

 

[anorlunda]

Your circuit appears to be a variation of "voltage multiplier" or "voltage doubler" circuits. The principles are explained in these articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_multiplier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_doublerRead those first. If you still have questions, post again.

 

[GottaKnow]

Your circuit appears to be a variation of "voltage multiplier" or "voltage doubler" circuits. The principles are explained in these articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_multiplier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_doublerRead those first. If you still have questions, post again.

Will do. Thanks a lot.