Current-Mode Control of a Distributed Buck Converter with a Lossy Transmission Line
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Buck Converter Modeling
2.1. Lumped-Parameter Model of the Standard Buck Converter
2.2. Distributed-Parameter Model of the Buck Converter with Lossy Transmission Line
3. Simulation Models
3.1. Model Parameters
3.2. State-Space Model of the Standard Buck Converter
3.3. State-Space Model of the Buck Converter with Transmission Line
3.4. Open-Loop High-Level Simulation
3.5. Open-Loop Circuit Simulation
- O1 n1 n2 n3 n4 LOSSY
- .model LOSSY LTRA(L=241e-9 C=100e-12 R=40e-3 len=6)
4. Frequency Domain
4.1. Transfer Function
4.2. Response under Sinusoidal Excitation
4.3. Response under PWM Excitation
5. Closed-Loop Control
5.1. Control Structure and Static Prefilter
5.2. Controller Design
5.3. Closed-Loop High-Level Simulation
5.4. Closed-Loop Circuit Simulation
6. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AC | Alternating current |
DC | Direct current |
ODE | Ordinary differential equation |
PDE | Partial differential equation |
BIBO | Bounded-input bounded-output |
LTRA | Lossy transmission line model |
P controller | Proportional controller |
PI controller | Proportional–integral controller |
MPC | Model predictive control |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleRöbenack, Klaus, and Daniel Gerbet. 2024. "Current-Mode Control of a Distributed Buck Converter with a Lossy Transmission Line" Electronics 13, no. 17: 3565. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13173565