WO2010148066A2 - System, method and apparatus for controlling converters using input-output linearization - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to providing modulation signals to electrical circuits and, more particularly, to a system, method and apparatus for controlling converters using input- output linearization and leading-edge modulation.
- Power converters are used to convert one form of energy to another (e.g., AC to AC, AC to DC, DC to AC, and DC to DC) thereby making it usable to the end equipment, such as computers, automobiles, electronics, telecommunications, space systems and satellites, and motors. Every application of power electronics involves some aspect of control. Converters are typically identified by their capability and/or configurations, such as, buck converters, boost converters, buck-boost converters, boost-buck converters (Cuk), etc. For example, DC-DC converters belong to a family of converters known as “switching converters" or “switching regulators.”
- This family of converters is the most efficient because the conversion elements switch from one state to another, rather than needlessly dissipating power during the conversion process.
- the duty ratio ( ⁇ /) is the ratio indicating the time in which a chosen switch is in the "on” position while the other switch is in the "off position, and this d is considered to be the control input.
- Input d is usually driven by pulse-width-modulation (PWM) techniques.
- PWM pulse-width-modulation
- TEM trailing-edge modulation
- CCM continuous conduction mode
- LEM leading-edge modulation
- the present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for controlling converters using input-output linearization that does not constrain stability to one operating point, but rather to a set of operating points spanning the expected range of operation during startup and transient modes of operation.
- the present invention uses leading edge modulation and input output linearization to compute the duty ratio of a boost converter or a buck-boost converter.
- the present invention can also be applied to other converter types.
- the parameters in this control system are programmable, and hence the algorithm can be easily implemented on a DSP or in silicon, such as an ASIC.
- the present invention provides at least four advantages compared to the dominant techniques currently in use for power converters.
- leading-edge modulation and input-output linearization provides a linear system instead of a nonlinear system.
- the "zero dynamics" becomes stable because the zeros of the linear part of the system are in the open left half plane.
- the present invention is also independent of stabilizing gain, as well as desired output voltage or desired output trajectory. More specifically, the present invention provides a system that includes a boost or buck-boost converter having a first voltage at an output of the converter and a first current at an inductor within the converter, a reference voltage source having a second voltage, a fourth voltage from a voltage source providing an input voltage to the converter, and a PWM modulator/controller.
- the PWM modulator/controller includes a summing circuit connected to the converter and the reference voltage source to create a third voltage representing a difference between the first voltage from the output of the converter and the second voltage from the reference voltage source.
- a gain circuit is connected to the summing circuit to adjust the third voltage by a proportional gain or by any suitable type of controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller.
- a modulating circuit is connected to the gain circuit, the converter to create a control signal that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage, the second voltage from the reference voltage source, the adjusted third voltage from the gain circuit, the fourth voltage from the voltage source or the input of the converter, and the first current from the inductor within the converter.
- the control signal is then used to control the converter.
- the control signal has a duty cycle defined by
- control signal has a duty cycle defined by
- the second voltage source can be integrated into the PWM modulator/controller.
- the PWM modulator/controller can be implemented using a digital signal processor, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or conventional electrical circuitry.
- the converter can be controlled with a proportional controller, or any suitable type of controller, such as a proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller, by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with k p + — + k d s ( j 0 - j) where k p , k, and kd are the gains of the proportional, integral, and
- the present invention also provides an apparatus that includes one or more electrical circuits that provide a control signal to a boost converter such that a duty cycle of the control signal is defined as
- the present invention provides an apparatus that includes one or more electrical circuits that provide a control signal to a buck-boost converter such that a duty cycle of the control signal is defined as
- the apparatus may include a summing circuit, a gain circuit, a modulating circuit and various connections.
- the connections include a first connection to receive a first voltage from an output of the converter, a second connection to receive a second voltage from a reference voltage source, a third connection to receive a first current from an inductor within the converter, a fourth connection to receive an input voltage from a voltage source providing an input to converter and a fifth connection to output a control signal to the converter.
- the summing circuit is connected to the first connection and the second connection to create a third voltage representing a difference between the first voltage from the output of the converter and the second voltage from the reference voltage source.
- the gain circuit is connected to the summing circuit to adjust the third voltage by a proportional gain or by any suitable type of controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller.
- the modulating circuit is connected to the gain circuit, the second connection, the third connection, the fourth connection and the fifth connection.
- the modulation circuit creates a control signal that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage from the output of the converter, the second voltage from the reference voltage source, the adjusted third voltage from the gain circuit, the fourth voltage from the voltage source or the input of the converter, and the first current from the inductor within the converter.
- the present invention can be sold as a kit for engineers to design and implement a PWM modulated converter (boost or buck-boost).
- the kit may include a digital signal processor, or field programmable gate array (FPGA), and a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for programming the digital signal processor, or FPGA, to control the PWM modulated converter.
- the computer program may also include one or more design tools.
- the digital signal processor, or FPGA includes a summing circuit, a gain circuit, a modulating circuit and various connections.
- the various connections include a first connection to receive a first voltage from an output of the converter, a second connection to receive a second voltage from a reference voltage source, a third connection to receive a first current from an inductor within the converter, a fourth connection to receive the input voltage from a voltage source providing an input to converter, and a fifth connection to output a control signal to the converter.
- the summing circuit is connected to the first connection and the second connection to create a third voltage representing a difference between the first voltage from the output of the converter and the second voltage from the reference voltage source.
- the gain circuit is connected to the summing circuit to adjust the third voltage by a proportional gain or by any suitable type of controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller.
- the modulating circuit is connected to the gain circuit, the second connection, the third connection, the fourth connection and the fifth connection.
- the modulation circuit creates a control signal that provides leading-edge modulation with input- output linearization based on the first voltage from the output of the converter, the second voltage from the reference voltage source, the adjusted third voltage from the gain circuit, fourth voltage from the voltage source or the input of the converter, and a first current from the inductor within the converter.
- the control signal has a duty cycle defined by
- control signal has a duty cycle defined by
- the present invention provides a method for controlling a boost or buck-boost converter using a PWM modulator/controller by receiving a first voltage from an output of the converter, a second voltage from a reference voltage source, a first current from an inductor within the converter, and creating a third voltage representing a difference between the first voltage from the output of the converter and the second voltage from the reference voltage source and a fourth voltage from a voltage source or the input of the converter.
- the third voltage is then adjusted by a proportional gain or by any suitable type of controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller.
- the control signal is created that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage from the output of the converter, the second voltage from the reference voltage source, the adjusted third voltage, the fourth voltage from the voltage source or the input of the converter, and the first current from the inductor within the converter.
- the converter is then controlled using the control signal created by the PWM modulator/controller. Whenever the converter is a boost converter, the control signal has a duty cycle defined by
- control signal has a duty cycle defined by
- the converter can be controlled with a proportional controller, or any suitable type of controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller, by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with k ⁇ k p + — + k d s ( J 0 - j) where k p , k, and kd are the gains of the proportional, integral, and p s derivative terms of the controller.
- the control signal can be created using a first order system, or can be independent of a stabilizing gain, a desired output voltage or a desired output trajectory.
- the present invention may include a computer program embodied within a digital signal processor, or FPGA, wherein the steps are implemented as one or more code segments.
- FIGURE 1 is a block diagram of a system in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a modulator/controller in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURE 3 A is a flow chart of a method for controlling a boost converter using a PWM modulator/controller in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURE 3B is a flow chart of a method for controlling a buck-boost converter using a PWM modulator/controller in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURES 4A and 4B are graphs of trailing-edge modulation of a PWM signal and leading-edge modulation of a PWM signal
- FIGURE 5 is circuit diagram of a boost converter and a modulator/controller in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURES 6A and 6B are linear circuit diagrams of a boost converter during time DTs and D'Ts, respectively in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURE 7 is a graph of typical waveforms for the boost converter for the two switched intervals DTs and D'Ts in accordance with the present invention.
- FIGURE 8 is circuit diagram of a buck-boost converter and a modulator/controller in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURES 9A and 9B are linear circuit diagrams of a buck-boost converter during time DTs and D'Ts, respectively in accordance with the present invention.
- FIGURE 10 is a graph of typical waveforms for the buck-boost converter for the two switched intervals DTs and D'Ts in accordance with the present invention. Description of the Invention
- the present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for controlling converters using input-output linearization that does not constrain stability to one operating point, but rather to a set of operating points spanning the expected range of operation during startup and transient modes of operation.
- the present invention uses leading-edge modulation and input- output linearization to compute the duty ratio of a boost converter or a buck-boost converter.
- the present invention can also be applied to other converter types.
- the parameters in this control system are programmable, and hence the algorithm can be easily implemented on a DSP or in silicon, such as an ASIC.
- the present invention provides at least four advantages compared to the dominant techniques currently in use for power converters.
- the combination of leading-edge modulation and input-output linearization provides a linear system instead of a nonlinear system.
- the "zero dynamics" becomes stable because the zeros of the linear part of the system are in the open left half plane.
- the present invention is also independent of stabilizing gain, as well as desired output voltage or desired output trajectory.
- trailing-edge modulation for boost and buck-boost converters operating in the continuous conduction mode gives rise to unstable zero dynamics where the linear part of the system about an operating point has a right half plane zero.
- the linearizing transformation for d is solved and used for the control input. This transformation is local in nature, but it can be applied in a neighborhood of any state space operating point in DC- DC conversion.
- This operating point can be made locally asymptotically stable by the above process if a gain k is chosen to be positive.
- the gain k does not have to be adjusted for each operating point, i.e., no gain scheduling is required.
- the reference input will have to be walked up, which is typical of soft-start operation, to insure convergence to the operating point.
- Proportional (P), Integral (I), Derivative (D), Proportional-Integral (PI), and Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control loops can be added for robustness.
- FIGURE 1 a block diagram of a system 100 in accordance with the present invention is shown.
- the system includes a power source (voltage) 102 connected to a converter 104 that provides power to a load 106.
- the converter 104 is either a boost converter or a buck- boost converter.
- the converter 104 is also connected to the PWM modulator/controller 108.
- the PWM modulator/controller 108 receives a first voltage 110 from an output of the converter 104, a second voltage (reference voltage) 112 from a voltage reference source (not shown), a first current 114 from an inductor within the converter, and a fourth voltage 116 from the voltage source 102 (i.e., the input voltage to the converter 104).
- a summing circuit within the PWM modulator and controller 108 creates a third voltage representing the difference between the first voltage 110 from the output of the converter 104 and the second voltage 112 from the reference voltage source.
- the source of the second voltage 112 (voltage reference source) can be integrated within or external to the PWM modulator/controller 108.
- the PWM modulator/controller 108 uses the first voltage 110, the second voltage 112, the first current 114 and the fourth voltage 116 to generate a control signal 118 that is used to control the converter 104.
- the details of how the PWM modulator/controller 108 generates the control signal 118 will be described in more detail below.
- the PWM modulator/controller 108 can be implemented using a digital signal processor, an FPGA, or conventional electrical circuitry.
- the modulator/controller 108 includes a summing circuit 200, a gain circuit 204, a modulating circuit 208 and various connections.
- the connections include a first connection to receive a first voltage (output voltage (y)) 110 from the converter 104, a second connection to receive a second voltage (reference voltage (yo)) 112 from a reference voltage source (not shown), a third connection to receive a first current (inductor current (xi)) 114 from the converter 104, a fourth connection to receive an input voltage (uo) 116 from the voltage source 102 (i.e., the input voltage to the converter 104), and a fifth connection to output a control signal (d) 118 to the converter 104.
- the summing circuit 200 is connected to the first connection and the second connection to create a third voltage ( ⁇ y) 202 representing a difference between the first voltage (y) 110 and the second voltage (yo) 112.
- the gain circuit 204 is connected to the summing circuit 200 to adjust the third voltage ( ⁇ y) 202 by a proportional gain (k), or by any suitable controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller.
- the modulating circuit 208 is connected to the gain circuit 204, the second connection, the third connection, the fourth connection and the fifth connection.
- the modulation circuit 208 creates a control signal (d) 118 that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage (y) 110, the second voltage (y 0 ) 112, the adjusted third voltage (k ⁇ y) 206, the first current (X 1 ) 114 and the fourth voltage (uo) 116.
- the control signal (d) 118 has a duty cycle defined by
- control signal (d) 118 has a duty cycle defined by
- the present invention also provides an apparatus having one or more electrical circuits that provide a control signal 118 to a boost converter such that a duty cycle of the control signal is defined as
- the present invention provides an apparatus having one or more electrical circuits that provide a control signal 118 to a buck-boost converter such that a duty cycle of the control signal is defined as
- the apparatus may include a summing circuit, a gain circuit, a modulating circuit and various connections.
- the connections include a first connection to receive a first voltage (y) 110 from the converter 104, a second connection to receive a second voltage (y 0 ) 112 from a reference voltage source, a third connection to receive a first current (X 1 ) 114 from the converter 104, a fourth connection to receive a fourth voltage (uo) 116 from the voltage source 102 (i.e., the input voltage to the converter 104), and a fifth connection to output a control signal (d) 118 to the converter 104.
- the summing circuit 200 is connected to the first connection and the second connection to create a third voltage ( ⁇ y) 202 representing a difference between the first voltage (y) 110 and the second voltage (y 0 ) 112.
- the gain circuit 204 is connected to the summing circuit 200 to adjust the third voltage ( ⁇ y) 202 by a proportional gain (k), or by any suitable controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller.
- the modulating circuit 208 is connected to the gain circuit 204, the second connection, the third connection, the fourth connection and the fifth connection.
- the modulation circuit 208 creates a control signal (d) that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage (y) 110 from the output of the converter 104, the second voltage (y 0 ) 112 from the reference voltage source, the adjusted third voltage (k ⁇ y) 206 from the gain circuit 204, the first current (X 1 ) 114 from the inductor within the converter 104 and the fourth voltage (uo) 116 from the voltage source 102 (i.e., the input voltage to the converter 104).
- the present invention can be sold as a kit for engineers to design and implement a PWM modulated converter (boost or buck-boost).
- the kit may include a digital signal processor, or FPGA, and a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for programming the digital signal processor, or FPGA, to control the PWM modulated converter.
- the computer program may also include one or more design tools.
- the digital signal processor, or FPGA includes a summing circuit 200, a gain circuit 204, a modulating circuit 208 and various connections.
- the connections include a first connection to receive a first voltage 110, a second connection to receive a second voltage 112, a third connection to receive a first current 114, a fourth connection to receive an input voltage 116, and a fifth connection to output a control signal 118.
- the summing circuit 200 is connected to the first connection and the second connection to create a third voltage ( ⁇ y) 202 representing a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage.
- the gain circuit 204 is connected to the summing circuit 200 to adjust the third voltage ( ⁇ y) 202 by a proportional gain (k) or by any suitable controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller.
- the modulating circuit 208 is connected to the gain circuit 204, the second connection, the third connection, the fourth connection and the fifth connection.
- the modulation circuit 208 creates a control signal 118 that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage (y) 110, the second voltage (y 0 ) 112, the adjusted third voltage (k ⁇ y) 206, the first current (X 1 ) 114 and the input voltage (uo) 116.
- the control signal (d) 118 has a duty cycle defined by
- control signal (d) 118 has a duty cycle defined by
- the first voltage 110 is an output voltage from the converter 104
- the second voltage 112 is a reference voltage
- the first current 114 is an inductor current from the converter 104
- the fourth voltage 116 is the voltage provided by the voltage source 102 as the input voltage of the converter 104.
- FIGURE 3 A a flow chart 300 of a control method for a boost converter in accordance with the present invention is shown.
- the boost converter is controlled by receiving a first voltage (y) from an output of a boost converter, a second voltage (y 0 ) from a reference voltage source, a first current (X 1 ) from an inductor within the boost converter and a fourth voltage (uo) from the input of the converter at a PWM modulator/controller in block 302.
- a third voltage ( ⁇ y) is created representing a difference between the first voltage (y) and the second voltage (y 0 ) in block 304.
- the third voltage (y 0 ) is adjusted by a proportional gain (k) or any suitable type of controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with ⁇ k p + — + k d s ⁇ ( j 0 - j) where k p , U 1 , and kd are the gains of the proportional, integral, and p s derivative terms of the controller in block 306. If ⁇ and kd are both zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional controller. If only kd is zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional-integral (PI) controller.
- PI proportional-integral
- the control signal (d) is created in block 308 that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage (y), the second voltage(yo), the adjusted third voltage (k ⁇ y), the first current (X 1 ) and the fourth voltage (uo), wherein the control signal (d) has a duty cycle defined by _ (RR C C + L) j -(L - R ⁇ C)Rx 1 -RR c Cu 0 + (R + R C ) LCk(j 0 -j)
- the boost converter is then controlled using the control signal (d) created by the PWM modulator/controller in block 310.
- the boost converter is controlled in block 312 using a proportional controller, or any suitable type of controller, such as proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with - j) where k p , K, and kd are the gains of the proportional, integral, and derivative terms of the controller. VIk 1 and kd are both zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional controller. If only k d is zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional-integral (PI) controller.
- P proportional
- I integral
- D derivative
- control signal can be created using a first order system, or can be independent of a stabilizing gain, a desired output voltage or a desired output trajectory.
- present invention may include a computer program embodied within a digital signal processor, or FPGA, wherein the steps are implemented as one or more code segments.
- FIGURE 3B a flow chart 350 of a control method for a buck-boost converter in accordance with the present invention is shown.
- the buck-boost converter is controlled by receiving a first voltage (y) from an output of a buck-boost converter, a second voltage (y 0 ) from a reference voltage source, a first current (X 1 ) from an inductor within the buck-boost converter and a fourth voltage (uo) from voltage source providing an input to the buck-boost converter at a PWM modulator/controller in block 352.
- a third voltage ( ⁇ y) is created representing a difference between the first voltage (y) and the second voltage (y 0 ) in block 304.
- the third voltage (yo) is adjusted by a proportional gain (k), or any suitable type of controller, such as a proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller, by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with k + ⁇ + k d s Uj 0 - J) where Ic ⁇ 1 ,
- P S k t , and k d are the gains of the proportional, integral, and derivative terms of the controller in block 306. If k t and kd are both zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional controller. If only k d is zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional-integral (PI) controller.
- the control signal (d) is created in block 354 that provides leading-edge modulation with input-output linearization based on the first voltage (y), the second voltage(yo), the adjusted third voltage (k ⁇ y), the first current (X 1 ) and the fourth voltage (uo), wherein the control signal (d) has a duty cycle defined by
- the buck-boost converter is then controlled using the control signal (d) created by the PWM modulator/controller in block 356.
- the buck-boost converter is controlled in block 358 using a proportional controller, or any suitable type of controller, such as a proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) controller, by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with k p + — + k d s ( J 0 ⁇ j) where v s J k p , ki, and kd are the gains of the proportional, integral, and derivative terms of the controller.
- P proportional
- I integral
- D derivative
- the controller reduces to a proportional controller. If only k d is zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional-integral (PI) controller.
- PI proportional-integral
- the control signal can be created using a first order system, or can be independent of a stabilizing gain, a desired output voltage or a desired output trajectory.
- the present invention may include a computer program embodied within a digital signal processor, or FPGA, wherein the steps are implemented as one or more code segments.
- State space averaging allows the adding together of the contributions for each linear circuit during its respective time interval. This is done by using the duty ratio as a weighting factor on each interval. As shown below, this weighting process leads to a single set of equations for the states and the output. But first, the system will be described by its state space equations.
- the duty ratio d is the ratio indicating the time in which a chosen switch is in the "on” position while the other switch is in the “off position.
- Ts is the switching period.
- the "on” time is then denoted as dTs.
- the buck cell is linear after state-space averaging and is therefore the easiest topology to control.
- the boost and buck-boost cells are nonlinear and have non-minimum phase characteristics. These nonlinear cells will be described.
- the Lie derivative of A with respect to f is denoted by Lfh.
- the derivative is a scalar function and can be understood as the directional derivative of A in the direction of the vector field f.
- the first r new coordinates are found as above by differentiating the output h(x)
- the system in accordance with the present invention is of the form , ' (16)
- state equations are derived to include parasitics R s and R c .
- Each cell contains two switches. Proper operation of the switches results in a two-switch-state topology. In this regime, there is a controlling switch and a passive switch that are either on or off resulting in two "on" states. In contrast, a three state converter would consist of three switches, two controlling switches and one passive switch, resulting in three "on” states.
- the control philosophy used to control the switching sequence is pulse-width-modulation (PWM).
- PWM pulse-width-modulation
- a control voltage v c is compared with a ramp signal ("sawtooth"), v m , and the output pulse width is the result of v c > v m .
- FIGURE 4 A A new cycle is initiated on the negative slope of the ramp. The pulse ends when v c ⁇ v m which causes modulation to occur on the trailing edge. This gives it the name “trailing-edge modulation.”
- FIGURE 5 a circuit diagram 500 of a boost converter and a modulator/controller 502 in accordance with the present invention is shown.
- S2 is implemented with a diode and S 1 is implemented with an N- channel MOSFET.
- FIGURES 6A and 6B are linear circuit diagrams 600 and 650 of the boost converter in FIGURE 5 during time DTs and D 'Ts, respectively.
- the converter 500 operates as follows: uo provides power to the circuit during Sl conduction time (FIGURE 6A) storing energy in inductor L. During this time S2 is biased off. When Sl turns off, the energy in L causes the voltage across L to reverse polarity.
- FIGURE 7 illustrates the typical waveforms for the boost converter for the two switched intervals DTs and D 'Ts.
- the DC transfer function needs to be determined in order to know how the output, y, across the load R is related to the input uo at zero frequency. In steady state, the volt-second integral across L is equal to zero.
- the volt-seconds during the on-time must equal the volt-seconds during the off-time.
- D Ts the on-time of S 1
- D 'Ts the off-time of S 1
- D'T s v L D' T s x 2 - D'T s u 0 (19)
- Equation (20) is the ideal duty ratio equation for the boost cell. If R s and R c are both non-zero then
- X 1 — u 0 — -X 1 -, — c - — -X 1 (I- a) -X 2 (I- a)
- R s is the dc resistance of L and R c is the equivalent series resistance of C.
- J (26a) J —, A-x 2 +Rx, -Rx,d) + - L ⁇ u 0 X 2 - R 1 + '— Lx 1 + c —x ⁇ + x 2 ⁇ d
- yo is the desired output corresponding to xw and X20 through equation (25).
- ⁇ xw, X20) is an equilibrium point of the boost converter.
- the proportional term k(yo-y) can be replaced by any suitable controller, such as a proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with k ⁇ k p + — + k d s ( J 0 ⁇ j) where k p , k t , and kd are the gains of the proportional, integral, and
- the proportional term k(yo-y) can be replaced by any suitable controller, such as a proportional (P), integral (I) or derivative (D) (or any combination of these three) by replacing k(yo-y) in the equation defining the duty cycle d with k p -j) where k p , k t , and kd are the gains of the proportional, integral, and derivative terms of the controller. If ⁇ and kd are both zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional controller. If only k d is zero, then the controller reduces to a proportional-integral (PI) controller.
- P proportional
- I integral
- D derivative
- the transfer function has been shown to be the linear approximation of the nonlinear system having a left-half plane zero under constraint (33).
- the input d appears after only one differentiation so the relative degree is one.
- the root of the polynomial/? ⁇ has a negative real part, and as shown above, the present invention has asymptotically stable zero dynamics. Therefore, it can be concluded that, given a control law of the form (37), the original nonlinear system (24) is locally asymptotically stable.
- Theorem 1 For a boost converter with asymptotically stable zero dynamics (using leading-edge modulation), with constraint
- FIGURE 8 a circuit diagram 800 of a buck-boost converter and a modulator/controller 802 in accordance with the present invention are shown.
- S2 is implemented with a diode and Sl is implemented with an N-channel MOSFET.
- FIGURES 9A and 9B are linear circuit diagrams 900 and 950 of a buck-boost converter during time DTs and D'Ts. The operation of the converter is as follows: uo provides power to the circuit during Sl conduction time (FIGURE 9A) storing energy in inductor L. During this time S2 is biased off.
- FIGURE 10 is a graph of typical waveforms for the buck-boost converter for the two switched intervals DTs and D 'Ts.
- a typical embodiment of the buck-boost converter where the output voltage is positive is the "flyback" converter where a transformer with phase reversal is used instead of an inductor.
- the volt-seconds during the on-time must equal the volt-seconds during the off-time.
- DTs on-time of Sl
- D'Ts off-time of Sl
- the RHS of equation (43) is set equal to the RHS of equation (44) to provide x 2 _ D
- Equation (45) is the ideal duty ratio equation for the buck-boost cell. If R s and R c are both non- zero then
- the root of the polynomial/? ⁇ has a negative real part, and as shown above, the present invention has asymptotically stable zero dynamics. Therefore, given a control law of the form (37), it can be concluded that the original nonlinear system (50) is locally asymptotically stable.
- Theorem 2 For ⁇ buck-boost converter with asymptotically stable zero dynamics (using leading-edge modulation), with constraint R c C > . LD . (60)
- Theorem 2 indicates local asymptotic stability.
- the reference input yo is ramped up in a so-called "soft-start" mode of operation.
- This theorem also guarantees local asymptotic stability at each operating point passed through by the system on its way up to the desired operating point.
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