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Auxiliary bridge arm–based switching control for optimal unloading transient performance of multiphase buck converters
Author(s) -
Lu Weiguo,
Qu Xueji,
Ma Junwen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of circuit theory and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1097-007X
pISSN - 0098-9886
DOI - 10.1002/cta.2780
Subject(s) - inductor , buck converter , control theory (sociology) , transient (computer programming) , settling time , transient response , converters , voltage , capacitor , current (fluid) , slew rate , engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , step response , control (management) , control engineering , artificial intelligence , operating system
Summary For a low‐conversion ratio buck converter, the step‐down (unloading) transient lasts much longer than the step‐up transient for the same change of the load. Regarding this issue, an auxiliary bridge arm (ABA) multiphase buck converter with switching control scheme is proposed for the optimal unloading transient performance. With the ABA, the input voltage is reversely connected into the inductor current freewheeling loop during the unloading transient. In this case, the fall slew rate of the inductor current increases, because of the voltage across the inductor increase. Meanwhile, the capacitor‐charge balance theory is used to calculate the switching moment and achieve the minimum settling time and the voltage overshoots. Finally, a 12‐ to 3.3‐V two‐phase synchronous buck converter prototype is built. The experimental results show that the settling time and the voltage deviation are both improved over 50% compared with that of the average current sharing scheme and the time‐optimal control scheme.