A comparative investigation on the use of random modulation schemesfor DC/DC converters

A comparative investigation on the use of random modulation schemes for DC/DC power converters is presented. The modulation schemes under consideration include randomized pulse position modulation, randomized pulsewidth modulation (PWM) and randomized carrier-frequency modulation with fixed and variable duty cycle. The paper emphasizes the suitability and applicability of each scheme in DC/DC power converters. Issues addressed include the effectiveness of randomness level on spreading the dominating frequencies that normally exist in constant-frequency PWM schemes, and the low-frequency power spectral density (PSD) of each scheme. The validity of the analyses is confirmed experimentally by using a DC/DC buck converter operating in the continuous conduction mode. The PSD of the output under each scheme is presented and compared     

Voltage and current stress reduction in single-stage power factorcorrection AC/DC converters with bulk capacitor voltage feedback

Single-stage power factor correction (PFC) AC/DC converters integrate a boost-derived input current shaper (ICS) with a flyback or forward DC/DC converter in one single stage. The ICS can be operated in either discontinuous current mode (DCM) or continuous current mode (CCM), while the flyback or forward DC/DC converter is operated in CCM. Almost all single-stage PFC AC/DC converters suffer from high bulk capacitor voltage stress and extra switch current stress. The bulk capacitor voltage feedback with a coupled winding structure is widely used to reduce both the voltage and current stresses in practical single-stage PFC AC/DC converters. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the bulk capacitor voltage feedback, including the relationship between bulk capacitor voltage, input current harmonics, voltage feedback ratio, and load condition. The maximum bulk capacitor voltage appears when the DC/DC converter operates at the boundary between CCM and DCM. This paper also reveals that only the voltage feedback ratio determines the input current harmonics under DCM ICS and CCM DC/DC operation. The theoretical prediction of the bulk capacitor voltage as well as the predicted input harmonic contents is verified experimentally on a 60 W AC/DC converter with universal-line input     

Characterization of single-stage three-phasepower-factor-correction circuit using modular single-phase PWM DC-to-DCconverters

The complete DC characteristics of three-phase modular power-factor-correction (PFC) converters using single-phase pulsewidth modulation (PWM) DC-to-DC converter modules for high-power applications are studied. Using circuit averaging, the converter input and output quantities are determined numerically. Both the continuous and discontinuous output current modes of operation (CCM and DCM) are studied in detail. Near-unity power factor can be achieved with the converter modules operating in the DCM. An averaged model was used to study and determine the boundaries between DCM and CCM over the full period of the three-phase input voltage. It is found that high power factor is inherent in the converter system provided that the converters are operated in the DCM and the voltage conversion ratio is selected properly. The criteria for obtaining high power factor are analyzed and the optimal circuit parameters are determined to obtain the best achievable power factor. Both simulations and experimental results from a 1.5-kW prototype using full-bridge converter modules have confirmed the analysis     

一种宽输入电压范围软开关电流型DC/DC转换器

针对太阳能光伏及燃料电池等领域电源需要较宽输入电压范围的需求,提出一种通用的具有较宽输入电压范围的软开关电流型DC/DC转换器。该转换器采用了固定频率混合调制设计,可以在所有工作条件下实现半导体器件的软开关工作,并采用电流馈电技术以便适用于低电压高电流的电源。相较于传统转换器,该转换器更为通用,能够实现零电压开关和零电流开关,并且能够在输入电压和负载变化出现较大变化时控制输出电压。实验结果显示,在20-60V输入电压范围内且负载出现变化时,该转换器均表现出良好的性能。     

A performance comparison of PWM rectifiers and synchronous linkconverters

PWM AC/DC power converters have been shown to be superior to thyristor phase-controlled rectifiers in terms of power factor and input current/output voltage harmonics. This paper presents a systematic comparison of the two topologies, the current-source topology and the voltage-source topology, from the point of view of power converter and switch kVA ratings, filtering requirements, power factor, operating regions, and control aspects     

一种应用于DC/DC转换器的高效PWM控制电路的设计

本文提出一种用于DC/DC转换器的高效PWM控制电路。该控制电路采用电流控制模式,在宽范围内有着良好的瞬态响应。斜坡补偿信号与误差放大器的输出信号进行叠加,叠加后的信号与电流采样信号进行比较,产生一个占空比信号控制功率管的通断。并且本PWM控制电路中的误差放大器与软启动结合在一起,实现输出电压平滑稳定上升,有效减少了输入电流和输出电压过冲现象,保护了系统安全。     

连续导电模式下的单电感多输出DC／DC变换器

系统分析了单电感多输出DC／DC变换器结构,及其采用分时复用原理实现多路输出。由于电感共享,各输出支路间存在着严重的交叉影响。当输出支路严格工作在不连续导电模式（DCM）或伪连续导电模式（PCCM）下,可有效抑制交叉影响。文中采用一种新的控制方式,利用各支路输出电压的共模电压、差模电压分别控制输入半桥、输出半桥占空比,在连续导电模式（CCM）模式下实现了几乎没有交叉影响的多路输出。     

Asymmetrical pulse-width-modulated resonant DC/DC convertertopologies

This paper presents asymmetrical pulse-width-modulated (APWM) DC/DC resonant converter topologies that exhibit near-zero switching losses while operating at constant and very high frequencies. The converters include a bridged chopper to convert the DC input voltage to a high-frequency unidirectional AC voltage, which in turn is fed to a high-frequency transformer through a resonant circuit. The bridged chopper has two switches that alternately conduct. The duty cycles of the conduction of the switches are complementary with one another and are varied to control the output voltage. Three resonant circuit configurations suitable for this type of control are presented. Frequency domain analysis of the converter is given, and performance characteristics are presented. Experimental results for a 48-5 V, 30 W converter show an efficiency of 88% at a constant operating frequency of 1 MHz     

Synthesis of input-rectifierless AC/DC converters

This paper discusses the basic construction procedure and topological possibilities of creating AC/DC converters out of simple DC/DC converters. It is shown that two separately controlled DC/DC converters are sufficient for producing a regulated DC output and shaping the input current, from an AC voltage source, without the need for input rectifiers. Some design constraints are discussed, emanating from the limitation of the conversion ratios that can be achieved by particular DC/DC converters. Selected topologies are verified experimentally. This kind of rectifierless converter find applications in airborne power supplies where zero-crossing distortions are significant because of the inevitable phase-lead effect of the input rectifier bridge.     

Analysis and Design of a Novel Three-Phase AC–DC Buck-Boost Converter

This paper proposes a novel three-phase ac-dc buck-boost converter. The proposed converter uses four active switches, which are driven by only one control signal. This converter is operated in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) by using the pulsewidth modulation (PWM) technique, and the control scheme very easily and simply achieves purely sinusoidal input current, high power factor, low total harmonic distortion of the input current and step-up/down output voltage. Also, the proposed converter provides a constant average current to the output capacitor and load in each switching period. Thus, the ripple component of sixth times line frequency will not appear in the output voltage. Therefore, a smaller output capacitor can be used in the proposed converter. Moreover, the steady-state analysis of voltage gain and boundary operating condition are presented. Also, the selections of inductor, output capacitor and input filter are depicted. Finally, a prototype circuit with simple control logic is implemented to illustrate the theoretical analysis.     

A monolithic buck DC–DC converter with on-chip PWM circuit

A monolithic CMOS voltage-mode, buck DC–DC converter with integrated power switches and new on-chip pulse-width modulation (PWM) technique of switching control is presented in this paper. The PWM scheme is constructed by a CMOS ring oscillator, which duty is compensated by a pseudo hyperbola curve current generator to achieve almost constant frequency operation. The minimum operating voltage of this voltage-mode buck DC–DC converter is 1.2 V. The proposed buck DC–DC converter with a chip area of 0.82 mm² is fabricated with a standard 0.35-μm CMOS process. The experimental results show that the converter is well regulated over an output range from 0.3 to 1.2 V, with an input voltage of 1.5 V. The maximum efficiency of the converter is 88%, and its efficiency is kept above 80% over an output power ranging from 30 to 300 mW.     

A Systematic Approach to Synthesizing Multi-Input DC–DC Converters

The objective of this paper is to propose a general approach for developing multi-input converters (MICs). The derived MICs can deliver power from all of the input sources to the load either individually or simultaneously. By analyzing the topologies of the six basic pulsewidth modulation (PWM) converters, the method for synthesizing an MIC is inspired by adding an extra pulsating voltage or current source to a PWM converter with appropriate connection. As a result, the pulsating voltage source cells (PVSCs) and the pulsating current source cells (PCSCs) are proposed for deriving MICs. According to the presented synthesizing rules, two families of MICs, including quasi-MICs and duplicated MICs, are generated by introducing the PVSCs and the PCSCs into the six basic PWM converters.      

降压型DC/DC开关电源中的电压前馈技术

介绍了一种应用于降压型DC/DC开关电源的电压前馈技术,通过调整内部三角波的中心电压,使PWM信号占空比跟随输入电源电压快速改变。该技术能有效抑制输入电源电压变化对输出电压的影响,增强输出电压的稳定性。     

A new modulation strategy for a buck-boost input AC/DC converter

This paper presents a novel modulation strategy for a power factor corrected (PFC), isolated AC/DC converter derived from the integration of a nonisolated, two switch buck-boost AC/DC converter with an isolated dual active bridge DC/DC converter (2SBBDAB). This strategy, termed discontinuous leading/trailing edge (DLTE) modulation, serves to maximize the duty cycle of the input switch while keeping the current in the buck-boost inductor discontinuous. Hence, the crest factors of the currents in the switching devices are minimized, the input switch is turned on at zero current and the zero-voltage switching ranges of the bridge switches are unaffected by the integration. A conventional isolated, PFC AC/DC converter typically consists of a boost converter cascaded with a forward converter. The ratings required of the power switching devices of the 2SBBDAB employing the DLTE modulation strategy are similar to those required of the conventional design for wide line voltage operation. However, the 2SBBDAB converter has higher line voltage surge immunity than that of the conventional design and, unlike the conventional design, it has inherent inrush current limiting. The DLTE modulation strategy may be applied to the family of converters composed of the two switch buck-boost integrated with half and full-bridge forward converters     

New control scheme of three-phase PWM AC/DC converter without phase angle detection under the unbalanced input voltage conditions

In general, three-phase PWM AC/DC power converters have been implemented in the synchronous frame model to eliminate steady state errors effectively and to obtain fast transient response characteristics. However, controllers designed in such way would have input current harmonics and DC-link voltage ripples under the unbalanced input voltage conditions due to the assumption of the balanced input voltage conditions. This paper describes a new control scheme to minimize harmonic distortions of the input current and DC-link voltage in the converter under the unbalanced input voltage. conditions. The synchronous frame input voltage, which is considered as the input side back-EMF component, is regulated pertinently according to the input voltage conditions. The current command is selected to eliminate the reactive power and the second order harmonic component of active power. In this case, the analysis of the input voltage is implemented in the synchronous frame without detecting the phase angle and magnitude of each phase voltage. The proposed control scheme is simple and effectively minimizing the harmonic distortions in the input and output system under the unbalanced input voltage conditions.     

“Dead-band” PWM switching patterns

Reference/modulating waveform continuity is not a necessary condition for the implementation of switching patterns for three-phase pulse-width modulated (PWM) converters if the load or the source are Y-connected. This is based on the fact that the converter phase-voltages do not need to be sinusoidal and switching pattern discontinuities-“dead-bands”-do not degrade the quality of output/input voltage/current waveforms by introducing low-order harmonics if certain parameters are optimized. This paper discusses general characteristics of various discontinuous switching patterns for PWM converters and shows that they can yield better performance than their continuous counterparts in some operating regions. Performance is defined as harmonic distortion normalized with respect to effective switching frequency and serves as a measure of comparison with continuous PWM techniques, The applications considered include general purpose and application specific solid-state power supplies using voltage source inverters and PWM rectifiers. Theoretical considerations are verified on an experimental unit     

A voltage-balanced phase-shifted three-level DC/DC converter operating from high-input voltage

A voltage-balanced phase-shifted three-level DC/DC converter is proposed. Its switch voltage stress is ensured to be only one-half of the input voltage and its four-step operation can reduce considerably the output inductor current ripple. Moreover, it features a small filter, no voltage unbalance problem, static/dynamic sharing of the switch voltage, high-efficiency, and high-power density. It is very suitable for high power converters operating from a high-input voltage.     

Technique for sensing inductor and DC output currents of PWM DC-DCconverter

The design, analysis and trade-offs of a novel method to sense the inductor and DC output currents of PWM converters are presented. By sensing and adding appropriately the currents in the transistor, rectifier and capacitors of a converter using current transformers, the waveforms of inductor and DC output currents can be reconstructed accurately while maintaining isolation. This method offers high bandwidth, clean waveform, practically zero power dissipation and simple circuit. The technique is applicable to all PWM converters in both continuous and discontinuous modes, and is most suitable for the implementation of current mode control schemes like hysteretic, PWM conductance control, and output current feedforward. This approach has been experimentally verified at a wide range of current levels, duty cycles, and switching frequencies up to 1.4 MHz     

PS—FB—ZVSPWM DC／DC变换器中副边占空比丢失问题的研究

移相控制ZVSPWM DC／DC全桥变换器是变换器的一个研究热点,诸如高性能、高效率、低噪声、低污染等理论问题急待研究。副边占空比丢失是移相全桥PWM DC／DC变换器中的一个重要现象,文章以移相全桥ZVSPWM DC／IX;变换器电路模型为基础,结合变换器谐振电路的工作特点,对变换器副边占空比丢失的原因进行了详尽的分析,阐述了全桥变换器滞后臂比超前臂更难实现ZVS的原因,最终得到了移相全桥ZVSPWM DC／DC变换器死区时间和工作频率的设置条件与解决副边占空比丢失的措施。