Voltage Balance Control Analysis of Three-Level Boost DC-DC Converters: Theoretical Analysis and DSP-Based Real Time Implementation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Three-Level Boost DC–DC Converter Small Signal Modeling
3. Three-Level Boost DC–DC Converter Voltage Balance Control (VBC) Analysis
4. Summary and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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State of the Control Signals (u1(t)-u2(t)) | Differential Equations |
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0-0 | |
1-0 | |
0-1 | |
1-1 |
Parameter | Value |
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Switching frequency | 12.5 kHz |
Inductance, ESR | 9 mH, 0.1 Ω |
Output capacitors | 100 uF |
Input voltage | 15 Volts |
Load | 82 Ω |
Diode’s forward voltage | 0.5 Volts |
VBC | Requested Time to Ensure VBC Applied on One Switch (ms) | Requested Time to Ensure VBC Applied on Either Switch (ms) | |
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PI | Simulation | 15 | 5 |
Experiments | 300 | 100 | |
Fuzzy | Simulation | 10 | 3 |
Experiments | 150 | 80 |
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Oulad-Abbou, D.; Doubabi, S.; Rachid, A. Voltage Balance Control Analysis of Three-Level Boost DC-DC Converters: Theoretical Analysis and DSP-Based Real Time Implementation. Energies 2018, 11, 3073. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11113073
Oulad-Abbou D, Doubabi S, Rachid A. Voltage Balance Control Analysis of Three-Level Boost DC-DC Converters: Theoretical Analysis and DSP-Based Real Time Implementation. Energies. 2018; 11(11):3073. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11113073
Chicago/Turabian StyleOulad-Abbou, Driss, Said Doubabi, and Ahmed Rachid. 2018. "Voltage Balance Control Analysis of Three-Level Boost DC-DC Converters: Theoretical Analysis and DSP-Based Real Time Implementation" Energies 11, no. 11: 3073. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11113073