A 1-V integrated current-mode boost converter in standard 3.3/5-V CMOS technologies

A 1-V integrated CMOS current-mode boost converter implemented in a standard 3.3/5-V 0.6-/spl mu/m CMOS technology (V/sub TH//spl ap/0.85 V), providing power-conversion efficiency of higher than 85% at 100-mA output current, is presented in this paper. The high-performance boost converter is successfully developed due to three proposed low-voltage circuit structures, including an inductor-current sensing circuit for current-mode operation with accuracy of higher than 94%, a precision V-I converter for compensation-ramp generation in current-mode control, and a VCO providing supply-independent clock and ramp signals. Moreover, a proposed startup circuit enables proper converter startup within a sub-1-V supply condition.     

An integrated magnetic isolated two-inductor boost converter: analysis, design and experimentation

This paper presents an integrated magnetic isolated two-inductor boost converter. Patent pending: USPTO/Worldwide filing number 60/444821. All magnetic components are integrated into one magnetic assembly. Two inductor windings are intrinsically coupled to allow input current to increase only when both primary switches are closed. The operation principle, start-up, and protection mechanisms are detailed. A prototype converter has been built. Experimental and simulation results verify the analysis.     

Efficient SSHI circuit for piezoelectric energy harvester uses one shot pulse boost converter

In this paper, a one shot pulse inductor boost converter is presented which provides 4 V output at 60 ms of delay using 0.15 V vibration source. Energy harvesting plays an important role in biomedical implants sensors where the extended life time is the most prominent factor. Synchronized switch harvesters on inductor (SSHI) comes into existence due to its highly efficient interface with energy harvesters. The main aim of this paper is to obtain high efficiency and maximum power extraction from piezoelectric energy harvester using SSHI and one shot pulse boost converter. This circuit does not require any external voltage and provides the controlled output with reduced power dissipation of approximately 10 nW and power consumption achieves between 1 and 10 mW. The start-up problem due to variable vibrational energy source is avoided by using one shot pulse inductor boost converter. This converter uses only one shot period for maximum charge transfer during first switching cycle. In 180 nm CMOS process, result shows that pulse boost converter can be directly powered from low voltage of 0.15 V with efficiency of?≈?90% across the load of 6 µA current having switching frequency of 206 kHz. It also eliminates the problem of switching losses and reduces leakage current by saving board space and external components cost.     

A leakage-inductance-based ZVS two-inductor boost converter with integrated magnetics

A two-inductor boost converter topology has conduction loss and transformer utilization advantages in converting low-voltage higher current inputs to high output voltages. In this letter, a new zero-voltage switching (ZVS) two-inductor boost converter with integrated magnetics is proposed. In the new topology, the two current source inductors, a resonant inductor and a two-winding transformer, are integrated into one single magnetic core with three windings. Two windings simultaneously perform the functions of the current source inductors and the transformer primary. The transformer leakage inductance forms the resonant inductance. This leads to a much more compact converter design with a significant reduction in the number of core and winding components. A theoretical analysis establishes the operating point of the ZVS converter. Both of the theoretical and experimental waveforms, including flux waveforms for the legs of the integrated core structure, are presented at the end of the letter.     

An integrated illumination-to-frequency converter

A simple integrated illumination-to-frequency converter has been fabricated following the field-effect modified transistor (FEMT) as suggested by Nordstrom and Meindl (1972). The authors have made a careful analysis of the performance of the device and have found that no external photodiode is needed for the device to operate properly. An external capacitor, connected across the external base to collector junction can significantly extend the range of operation of the device as a light detector.     

42-V/3-V Watkins-Johnson converter for automotive use

In this paper, the Watkins-Johnson (WJ) converter was found to best step down the future automotive 42-V power network to 3 V or lower for the supply of microcontrollers and semiconductors. The particularity of the WJ converter is that it only employs a tapped-inductor and three other components. The use of a tapped-inductor is well-known and gives an extra-degree of freedom by the insertion of the winding ratio of the tapped-inductor into the transfer function of the WJ converter. It also permits the duty cycle to be adjusted to a value at which the efficiency of the converter is improved. The converter can be slightly modified and used as a multiple output converter while employing few components, diminishing the weight, size, cost, and complexity of a system. Practical test results for the single-output WJ converter are presented.     

A new soft-switched PFC boost rectifier with integrated flyback converter for stand-by power

This paper presents a magnetic integration approach that reduces the number of magnetic components in a power supply by integrating magnetic components in two conversion stages. Specifically, in the proposed approach, a single transformer is used to implement the continuous-conduction-mode boost power-factor-corrected (PFC) converter and the dc/dc flyback converter. The integrated boost and flyback converters offer soft switching of all semiconductor switches including a controlled di/dt turn-off rate of the boost rectifier. The performance of the proposed approach was evaluated on a 150-kHz, 450-W, universal-line range boost PFC converter with 12-V/2.2-A integrated stand-by flyback converter.     

An accurate integrated voltage-to-current converter

Presents a monolithic integrated differential voltage-to-current converter. The transconductance of the converter is determined accurately by one external resistor. A total error in the conversion factor as low as /spl plusmn/0.5 percent is obtained by using composite transistors and by using the mutual equality of integrated resistors. The transconductance has a nonlinearity of 0.02 percent and a temperature coefficient of 4/spl times/10/SUP -5///spl deg/C. The output impedance is 5 M/spl Omega/. The voltage-to-current converter is a versatile building block. It can be applied as an instrumentation amplifier, a universal current mirror or current follower, etc.     

Robust nonlinear control for boost converter

The standard current loop is modified for a boost converter to eliminate sensitivity of the control-to-output transfer function to the nature, and magnitude of resistive load. An additional term directly proportional to the load current and output voltage, and inversely proportional to the input voltage is added to the current loop. This results in practically invariant loop gains for different resistive loads, including constant power load     

Hybrid charge control for stick-slip piezoelectric actuators

The article describes an analog electronic circuit for driving stick-slip piezoelectric linear actuators. The task for the amplifier is to provide a high-voltage asymmetric sawtooth-like signal and feed it into a capacitive load. Generation of excessive heat must be avoided while maximizing the slew rate. In order to guarantee a steady translation, the hysteretic behaviour of the piezoelectric material must be compensated. Combination of a charge control scheme with switching is proposed as an efficient solution. Laboratory experiments confirm the superiority of this tailored solution over other existing techniques based on versatile linear voltage amplifiers.     

Monolithically integrated 80-gb/s AWG-based all-optical wavelength converter

We present a monolithically integrated all-optical wavelength converter. The converter consists of four semiconductor optical amplifiers for four separate inputs and an arrayed-waveguide grating. Error-free wavelength conversion with reasonable penalties for a 2/sup 7/-1 pseudorandom binary sequence was shown for a single input 80-Gb/s signal. The device exploits cross-gain/phase modulation in a single amplifier and selects with a filter the blue-chirped spectrum of the new wavelength signal in order to speed up the device response. This device has a dimension of 1.7/spl times/3.5 mm/sup 2/ and it can be operated to convert simultaneously four 80-Gb/s wavelength channels.     

An integrated flyback converter for DC uninterruptible power supply

An integrated flyback power converter performing the combined functions of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and switch-mode power supply (SMPS) is presented. This power converter has a high voltage main power input and a low voltage backup battery input. DC output is obtained from the main input via a flyback power converter during normal operation and from the backup battery via another flyback power converter when input power fails. High conversion efficiency is achieved in normal, backup, and charging modes as there is only a single DC-DC conversion in each mode. The power converter circuit is very simple, with two switching transistors, a relay for mode switching, and a single magnetic structure only. This new design offers substantial improvement in efficiency, size, and cost over the conventional cascade of UPS and SMPS due to single voltage conversion, high frequency switching, and removal of design redundancy. The operation, design, analysis, and experimental results of the power converter are presented     

Fuzzy PI-type controller design for boost converter

We consider the fuzzy controller design problem for a boost DC-DC converter. We design a fuzzy PI-type controller based on the common control engineering knowledge that the transient control performance can be improved if we increase the P and I gains as the error grows. Using Kharitonov’s theorem, we derive a closed-loop control system stability condition which can be used to tune the fuzzy PI control parameters. Finally, we give simulation and experimental results to show the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed method.     

Novel models for one-sided hysteresis of piezoelectric actuators

The hysteretic behavior of a plant with a non-negative input, referred to as one-sided hysteresis, is characterized by an initial ascending curve and hysteresis loops. It is observed that the widely-used classical Preisach hysteresis model and its modifications cannot represent such one-sided hysteresis due to the limitation of the Preisach hysteresis operator. To address this issue, a novel hysteresis operator modified from the Preisach hysteresis operator is proposed in this study and on this basis, a rate-independent hysteresis model and a rate-dependent hysteresis model are developed with methods to estimate their parameters. An algorithm to invert the rate-independent hysteresis model and its application to tracking control are also presented. The models and control schemes developed were verified experimentally on a commercially-available piezoelectric actuator. The results obtained show that the models developed are promising to represent the one-sided hysteresis of the piezoelectric actuator and that the inverting algorithm of the rate-independent hysteresis model is effective as applied to the tracking control of piezoelectric actuators.     

压电陶瓷驱动电源的设计与实现

本文采用高压大带宽MOSFET运放PA92和高精度运放OP07设计了一种基于电压控制型的可动态压电陶瓷驱动电源。该驱动电源由放大电路、功率放大电路、过流保护电路和负反馈环节组成。克服了目前常用的压电陶瓷驱动电源所存在的成本高、驱动能力不足、静态纹波大等缺点。最后对实际电路的各项性能进行了测试和分析,结果表明:该电路具有良好的动态和静态性能,能够很好的满足驱动压电微位移平台的要求。     

为升压转换器提供关断功能的外接元件

图1是升压开关转换器电路,它有一个众所周知的问题：如果将升压转换器IC,的输入拉低来关断升压转换器,外接电感L,和正向偏置肖特基二极管D,就可以让负载继续引出电流。对于电池供电的设备来说,这是一个沉重的负载     

ZVT-PWM boost converter for unity power factor applications

A new single-phase ZVT-PWM boost converter with an active snubber is proposed to achieve unity power factor operations for a wide load range. The unique location of the resonant inductor and capacitor ensures that low switching stress and commutation losses are obtained in the converter. The proposed converter is suitable for high power factor correctors     

An improved boost PWM soft-single-switched converter with lowvoltage and current stresses

This paper presents an improved regenerative soft turn-on and turn-off snubber applied to a boost pulsewidth-modulated (PWM) converter. The boost soft-single-switched converter proposed, which has only a single active switch, is able to operate with soft switching in a PWM way without high voltage and current stresses. This is achieved by using an auxiliary inductor, which is magnetically coupled with the main inductor of the converter. In order to illustrate the operating principle of this new converter, a detailed study, including simulations as well as experimental results, is carried out. The validity of this new converter is guaranteed by the obtained results     

Control of chaos in the boost converter

A method for controlling chaos which is particularly suitable for switching circuits is presented. The method has been successfully applied to the current-mode controlled boost converter which is a piecewise linear system with switching nonlinearity