A new, continuous-time model for current-mode control [powerconvertors]

A current-mode control power convertor model that is accurate at frequencies from DC to half the switching frequency is described for constant-frequency operation. Using a simple pole-zero transfer function, the model is able to predict subharmonic oscillation without the need for discrete-time z-transform models. The accuracy of sampled-data modeling is incorporated into the model by a second-order representation of the sampled-data transfer function which is valid up to half the switching frequency. Predictions of current loop gain; control-to-output; output impedance; and audio susceptibility transfer functions were confirmed with measurements on a buck converter. The audio susceptibility of the buck converter can be nulled with the appropriate value of external ramp. The modeling concentrates on constant-frequency pulse-width modulation (PWM) converters, but the methods can be applied to variable-frequency control and discontinuous conduction mode     

Sliding-mode control of boost-type unity-power-factor PWMrectifiers

A robust sliding-mode controller, suitable for the output voltage control of voltage-sourced unity-power-factor three-phase pulsewidth modulation (PWM) rectifiers, presenting no steady-state errors, is described. This “just-in-time” switching controller controls the output voltage and the line input currents, while providing bidirectional power flow, near-unity-power-factor operation, low harmonic content, fast dynamic response of the output voltage, and minimum switching frequency due to a new α-β space-vector current regulator. The voltage controller performance is compared with the behavior of the conventional proportional integral output voltage control, aided by PWM current-mode modulators, and with the nonrobust fast and slow manifold sliding-mode approach. The comparison shows that the proposed controller confers faster dynamics and does not present steady-state errors. Test results confirm that the performance of the controller is independent of system parameters and load and exceeds the performance of existing hysteretic current-mode control systems     

Narrow Pulse Elimination PWM for Multilevel Digital Audio Power Amplifiers Using Two Cascaded H-Bridges as a Nine-Level Converter

This paper presents a methodology to reduce total harmonic distortion (THD) in digital audio power amplifiers, using two new approaches: 1) a multilevel converter made of two cascaded full-bridges, with suitable power supplies to operate as a nine-level hybrid type converter and 2) a new pulsewidth modulation (PWM) technique called narrow pulse elimination (NPE) PWM. The proposed nine-level converter uses only eight MOSFETs. Unlike conventional PWM, the NPE PWM does not generate excessively narrow pulses, so that power semiconductors nonideal delays and switching times are still negligible. Therefore, the nine-level output voltage THD, mostly introduced in the power stage, is strongly reduced. With the NPE technique, the resolution of the generated PWM is no longer limited by the switching speed of the output switches, but only by the frequency of digital processing circuit. Simulation and experimental results from a laboratory prototype are presented in order to show the effectiveness of the proposed approaches     

利用多相开关电源提高音频功放的供电品质

通过对当前计算机电源技术中广泛使用的多相PWM开关电源和单相开关电源原理的阐述,并比较了在音频功放中应用的优缺点,并从技术上分析了多相开关电源对大功率功放的供电品质改善的原因。     

Dithering Skip Modulation, Width and Dead Time Controllers in Highly Efficient DC-DC Converters for System-On-Chip Applications

This paper proposes temperature-independent load sensor (LS), optimum width controller (OWC), optimum dead-time controller (ODC), and tri-mode operation to achieve high efficiency over an ultra-wide-load range. Higher power efficiency and wider loading current range require rethinking the control method for DC-DC converters. Therefore, a highly efficient tri-mode DC-DC converter is invented in this paper for system-on-chip (SoC) applications, which is switched to sleeping mode at very light load condition or to high-speed mode at heavy load condition. The efficiency improvement is upgraded by inserting new proposed dithering skip modulation (DSM) between conventional pulse-width modulation (PWM) and pulse-frequency modulation (PFM). In other words, an efficiency-improving DSM operation raises the efficiency drop because of transition from PWM to PFM. Importantly, DSM mode can dynamically skip the number of gate driving pulses, which is inverse proportional to load current. Simplistically and qualitatively stated, the novel load sensor automatically selects optimum modulation method and power MOSFET width to achieve high efficiency over a wide load range. Moreover, optimum power MOSFET turn-on and turn-off delays in synchronous rectifiers and reduced ground bounce can save much switching loss by current-mode dead-time controller. Experimental results show the tri-mode operation can have high efficiency about 90% over a wide load current range from 3 to 500 mA. Owing to the effective mitigation of the switching loss contributed by optimum power MOSFET width and reduction of conduction loss contributed by optimum dead-times, the novel width and dead-time controllers achieve high efficiency about 95% at heavy load condition and maintain the highly efficient performance to very light load current about 0.1 mA.     

Multi-loop control for quasi-resonant converters

A multiloop control scheme for quasi-resonant converters (QRCs) is described. Like current-mode control for pulse width modulation (PWM) converters, this control offers excellent transient response and replaces the voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with a simple comparator. In this method, referred to as current-sense frequency modulation (CSFM), a signal proportional to the output-inductor current is compared with an error voltage signal to modulate the switching frequency. The control can be applied to either zero-voltage-switched (ZVS) or zero-current-switched (ZCS) QRCs. Computer simulation is method applied to a ZCS buck QRC. A circuit implementation is presented that allows multiloop control to be used on circuits switching up to 10 MHz. This circuit requires few components and produces clean control waveforms. Experimental results are presented for zero-current flyback and zero-voltage buck QRCs, operating at up to 7 MHz. Good small-signal characteristics have been obtained     

New constant-frequency current-mode control for power converters,stable for all values of duty ratio, and usable in all four quadrants

A constant-frequency, current-mode, pulse-width modulator (PWM) for switching power converters is presented. The PWM is stable for any value of the duty ration (δ) and is suitable for operation in one to four quadrants of the output current-voltage plane. The control system can be used with most DC-DC power-converter topologies. Due to its unique properties of δ range stability and four-quadrant operation, the control process is particularly useful in DC-AC conversion. The process is clearly advantageous compared to the other current-mode control method, the bang-bang process. It has all the advantages inherent to constant-frequency operation, including the possibility of paralleling different converters without low-frequency beating and the suppression of low-frequency subharmonics in DC-AC conversion     

基于NBDD的高效数字音频功率放大器设计

数字音频功率放大器具有体积小、重量轻、可靠性高的特点，但其并非工作在理想状态下。为进一步提高数字功放的效率，通过将双边带三电平自然采样法（NBDD）脉宽调制技术引入数字功放的脉宽调制设计，并将Dead-Time技术引入开关放大器的设计中，提出了高效数字音频功率放大器的优化设计方案，从而提高了整机的失真度指标，降低了低通滤波器设计阶数、改善了信噪比。     

Analysis,design and implementation of an interleaved three-level PWM DC/DC ZVS converter

This paper presents a new parallel three-level soft switching pulse-width modulation (PWM) converter. The proposed converter has two circuit cells operated by the interleaved PWM modulation. Thus, the ripple currents at input and output sides are reduced. Each circuit cell has two three-level zero voltage switching circuits sharing the same power switches. Therefore, the current and power rating of the secondary side components are reduced. Current double rectifier topology is selected on the secondary side to decrease output ripple current. The main advantages of the proposed converter are soft switching of power switches, low ripple current on the output side and low-voltage rating of power switches for medium-power applications. Finally, the performance of the proposed converter is verified by experiments with 1 kW prototype circuit.     

三相电压源整流器最小开关损耗调制算法的研究(上)

三相全桥PWM电压源整流器(VSR)是一种优质的升压型四象限AC·DC变换器,能够输出稳定的直流电压和获得可调的输入电流位移因数。在许多应用领域中.对三相电压源整流器的整体效率要求日益提高。考虑到三相电压源整流器的开关损耗与调制算法密切相关.为此需要改进已有的调制算法.本文在理论上推导了电压源整流器多解性原理基础上.分析了传统SPWM和SVPWM算法的本质联系.提出了一种在三相电压源整流器目标函数中注入零序分量的最小开关损耗SPWM和SVPWM调制算法.并推导了功率器件的功耗计算公式。在利用MATLAB/SIMULINK对采用最小开关损耗SPWM和SVPWM调制算法的整流器进行仿真分析之后,采用DSP F28335实现了最小开关损耗PWM调制算法的电压源整流器实验平台.验证了有关结论。相比传统的SPWM和SVPWM调制算法.最小开关损耗PWM算法能够将整流电路提升效率2~3%     

Use of sigma-delta modulation to control EMI from switch-mode powersupplies

Conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a major cause of concern in switch-mode power supplies (SMPSs) which commonly use standard pulsewidth modulation (PWM). In this paper, sigma-delta (ΣΔ) modulation is proposed as an alternative switching technique to reduce conducted EMI from an SMPS. The result of using ΣΔ modulation is a spread in the spectrum of the conducted emissions so that large concentrations of power at discrete frequencies are avoided. Experimental time-domain waveforms and spectra of the switching function of first-order and second-order ΣΔ modulators are presented to prove the viability of the scheme for EMI mitigation. These modulators are then applied to a DC-DC converter in an off-the-shelf computer power supply and experimental results show a reduction of roughly 5-10 dB·μV in EMI emissions over standard PWM modulators     

三相电压源整流器最小开关损耗调制算法的研究(下)

三相全桥PWM电压源整流器(VSR)是一种优质的升压型四象限AC-DC变换器,能够输出稳定的直流电压,获得可调的输入电流位移因数。在许多应用领域中,对三相电压源整流器的整体效率要求日益提高。考虑到三相电压源整流器的开关损耗与调制算法密切相关,为此需要改进已有的调制算法。本文在理论上推导了电压源整流器多解性原理基础上,分析了传统SPWM和SVPWM算法的本质联系,提出了一种在三相电压源整流器目标函数中注入零序分量的最小开关损耗SPWM和SVPWM调制算法,并推导了功率器件的功耗计算公式。在利用MATLAB/SIMULINK对采用最小开关损耗SPWM和SVPWM调制算法的整流器进行仿真分析之后,采用DSP TMS320F28335实现了最小开关损耗PWM调制算法的电压源整流器实验平台,验证了有关结论、相比传统的SPWM和SVPWM调制算法,最小开关损耗PWM算法能够将整流电路提升效率2~3%。     

双信号单通道红外光传输

以FPGA作为控制核心,设计了一种脉冲频率调制(PFM)与脉冲宽度调制(PWM)对信号先后调制,并用红外光来进行同时传输的装置。发送端通过FPGA自带的高速AD对音频信号采样,通过PFM与PWM来实现音频信号的调制,接收端FPGA对光脉冲进行解调输出。设计中发射电路与接收电路完全采用分离元件进行构建,具有成本低、功耗小、传输效率高等优点。通过对设计结果的分析可以得到在12 m内,1～10 kHz的音频信号和数字信号能够在一个通道里进行无失真的实时传输。传输信号经过中继站实现信号向不同方向转发的功能。同时中继站的功耗为0.08 W,满足节能的要求。     

直接式数字功放技术

音响用的数字功放,普遍由开关电源模块和数字功放模块这两部分组成。非常多的科技人员在研究一个课题:用声频信号调制开关电源模块,开关电源不再输出直流电压,而是直接输出放大的声频信号,进而免去数字功放模块。介绍了一种将开关电源直接设计成数字功放的技术,能简化电路,提高稳定性,能为数字功放带来开关电源软开关技术所具有的优点。     

Digital correction of PWM switching amplifiers

Pulsewidth modulated (PWM) signals for driving a switching audio amplifier can be synthesized in the digital domain with extremely high linearity and precision. However, nonidealities associated with the power stage degrade output performance. A method to digitally correct for these nonidealities, resulting in very low total harmonic distortion (THD) and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance, is presented. This method also provides excellent rejection of power supply noise which is otherwise absent in digital PWM amplifiers. To meet noise requirements for hi-fi audio, the feedback structure is a fourth-order structure which shapes the noise beyond the audio band. The method has been implemented on a bread board, and state-of-the-art performance was achieved. Total harmonic distortion of 85 dB and dynamic range of 100 dB was measured using Audio Precision test equipment.     

高性能PWM型DC-DC升压变换器研究

设计了一种单片集成PWM型电流模式升压变换器,芯片内部集成了耐压22V的DMOS功率开关管,开关频率为1.6MHz,采用1.5μmBCD工艺实现。芯片具有很宽的输入电压(2.7~14V)、高效率(85%)、低关断电流、快速暂态响应和低功耗等特性,适宜于用作便携式设备的电源管理,也可作为IP核,嵌入同种工艺下的其它芯片。文中除了对芯片设计方法、思路及主要电路模块结构的设计方案进行讨论外,还提出了减小单片集成开关电源噪声的措施。     

Random modulation techniques with fixed switching frequency forthree-phase power converters

This paper proposes a new family of random modulation techniques for three-phase power converters which operate with a fixed switching frequency. The techniques are based on adjusting the duration of the zero-vectors or adjusting the three pulse positions in a switching period. Three methods are selected for experimental tests because they preserve the fixed switching frequency known from standard PWM techniques. The new methods are also compared with random switching frequency modulation and with fixed switching frequency modulation. Voltage, current and acoustic noise spectra are used for comparison and it is concluded that two of the techniques are especially useful at lower fundamental frequencies. The techniques can substitute classic random modulation techniques with variable switching frequency in some applications     

Analysis of power and power spectral density in PWM inverters withrandomized switching frequency

A novel method for accurate calculation of power spectra of the pulsewidth modulation (PWM) voltage-source inverter with randomized switching frequency is presented. The case of a limited pool of switching frequencies, convenient and adequate for technical purposes, is considered, and a mathematical background for this type of random PWM (RPWM) is provided. It is shown that the limited-pool RPWM gives rise to not only a continuous spectrum, but, also, under certain circumstances, pure power spectral components (harmonics), typical for the deterministic PWM. Criteria for the existence of harmonics are given, and formulae for both the power and the power spectral density are derived and verified experimentally     

Current-fed three-phase and voltage-fed three-phase activeconverters with optimum PWM pattern scheme and their performanceevaluations

This paper describes a new approach to select the optimum sinewave pulsewidth modulation (PWM) patterns suitable for a large-capacity current-fed active PWM power converter and a practical design procedure to determine circuit constants of a low-pass filter connected to suppress higher line current harmonics flowing into the utility-grid AC power source. A feasible test is implemented by building a prototype 500 kW three-phase current-fed PWM power converter which is designed and controlled on the basis of the proposed considerations. It is verified from a practical point of view that these new conceptual considerations are more effective and acceptable to minimize higher harmonic current components flowing into the utility-grid AC power source. This experimental setup provides highly efficient steady-state characteristics of the current-fed three-phase PWM power converter under the operating condition of a unity power factor correction and sinewave line current shaping schemes. Furthermore, this unique optimum PWM pattern derived from the theoretical method proposed here is conveniently applicable to a voltage-fed three-phase PWM converter. It is verified that this optimum PWM pattern provides excellent switching performance with a lower switching frequency mode than the conventional carrier-based PWM scheme     

Analysis and spectral characteristics of a spread-spectrumtechnique for conducted EMI suppression

Frequency modulation (FM) and random switching methods have been used for reducing conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI) in power converters. Limited theoretical studies and comparisons of these schemes, however, are available. In this paper, a detailed analysis and the spectral characteristics of a random carrier-frequency (RCF) technique for suppressing conducted EMI in an offline switched-mode power supply are presented. The analysis provides a theoretical platform for studying the characteristics of this random switching scheme. The level of randomness is defined for the RCF scheme and varied in the converter example so that the effects on the power spectra can be demonstrated. Theoretical predictions of the spectral characteristics of this scheme are confirmed with measurements. The RCF scheme has been compared with the standard constant-frequency pulsewidth modulation (PWM) scheme and the FM scheme. Comparisons of their spectral performance show that the RCF scheme has better conducted EMI suppression than the FM and standard PWM schemes