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élévateur

English translation: step-up

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase: élévateur English translation: step-up Entered by: Bashiqa

10:08 Jun 19, 2018

French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / DC converters
French term or phrase: élévateur Context: Avantageusement, le chargeur embarqué du système électrique comprend un deuxième convertisseur continu-continu élévateur relié d’une part à la deuxième interface de connexion du convertisseur continu-continu et d’autre part à la deuxième interface de connexion du circuit correcteur de facteur de puissance. This concerns a patent for bi-directional battery charging. As far as i can see the word "élévateur " only appears once and am stuck for ideas. TIA Chris.	Bashiqa KudoZ activity Questions: 872 (10 open) (9 without valid answers) (99 closed without grading) Answers: 895 France Local time: 14:30
step-up Explanation: There is such a thing as a step-up DC/DC converter (also known as a boost DC/DC converter). From your context, it seems reasonable that they might be talking about it here.	Selected response from: Terry Richards France Local time: 14:30
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2 +3	step-up	Terry Richards
5	(dc-dc) boost converter (dc-dc) step-up converter	Johannes Gleim

Discussion entries: 1
Johannes Gleim @ Thierry 18:04 Jun 19, 2018  Sorry for not having seen your previous answer. Anyway I searched on my own. As electrical engineer I rely very often on IEC and Wikipedia. Automatic update in 00:

  

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step-up Explanation: There is such a thing as a step-up DC/DC converter (also known as a boost DC/DC converter). From your context, it seems reasonable that they might be talking about it here.     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_converter	Terry Richards France Local time: 14:30 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 166
Grading comment Thank you.
Notes to answerer Asker: Sounds very reasonable as they are charging the high voltage (about 500 V) batteries in the car
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  James A. Walsh 9 mins agree  Anita Planchon 1 hr agree  Kim Metzger 9 hrs
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convertisseur élévateur (dc-dc) boost converter (dc-dc) step-up converter Explanation: Area Power electronics / Types of electronic power converters IEV ref 551-12-32 en boost converter step-up converter direct DC converter providing an output voltage which is higher than the input voltage fr convertisseur élévateur, m convertisseur de courant continu direct délivrant une tension de sortie supérieure à la tension d'entrée http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&iev... It's a (dc-dc) boost converter (dc-dc) step-up converter. Note: (dc-dc) is redundant. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2018-06-19 18:03:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A boost converter (step-up converter) is a DC-to-DC power converter that steps up voltage (while stepping down current) from its input (supply) to its output (load). It is a class of switched-mode power supply (SMPS) containing at least two semiconductors (a diode and a transistor) and at least one energy storage element: a capacitor, inductor, or the two in combination. To reduce voltage ripple, filters made of capacitors (sometimes in combination with inductors) are normally added to such a converter's output (load-side filter) and input (supply-side filter). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_converter Un convertisseur Boost (ou Step-Up en anglais), ou hacheur parallèle, est une alimentation à découpage qui convertit une tension continue en une autre tension continue de plus forte valeur. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convertisseur_Boost	Johannes Gleim Local time: 14:30 Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 165
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