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Article

Smooth-Transition Simple Digital PWM Modulator for Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converters

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Power Supply Group, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Oviedo, 33204 Gijon, Spain
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NVIDIA Corporation, Boulder, CO 80523, USA
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Electronics 2022, 11(1), 100; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11010100
Submission received: 3 December 2021 / Revised: 23 December 2021 / Accepted: 24 December 2021 / Published: 29 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Converter Design, Control and Applications)

Abstract

This paper proposes a simple, hardware-efficient digital pulse width modulator for a 4SBB that enables operation in Buck, Boost, and Buck+Boost modes, achieving smooth transitions between the different modes. The proposed modulator is simulated using Simulink and experimentally demonstrated using a 500 W 4SBB converter with 24 V input voltage and 12–36 V output voltage range.
Keywords: four switch non-inverting Buck-Boost; Buck+Boost mode; smooth transition four switch non-inverting Buck-Boost; Buck+Boost mode; smooth transition

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Fernandez, M.; Rodriguez, A.; Rodríguez, M.; Vazquez, A.; Fernandez, P.; Arias, M. Smooth-Transition Simple Digital PWM Modulator for Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converters. Electronics 2022, 11, 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11010100

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Fernandez M, Rodriguez A, Rodríguez M, Vazquez A, Fernandez P, Arias M. Smooth-Transition Simple Digital PWM Modulator for Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converters. Electronics. 2022; 11(1):100. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11010100

Chicago/Turabian Style

Fernandez, Miguel, Alberto Rodriguez, Miguel Rodríguez, Aitor Vazquez, Pablo Fernandez, and Manuel Arias. 2022. "Smooth-Transition Simple Digital PWM Modulator for Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converters" Electronics 11, no. 1: 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11010100

APA Style

Fernandez, M., Rodriguez, A., Rodríguez, M., Vazquez, A., Fernandez, P., & Arias, M. (2022). Smooth-Transition Simple Digital PWM Modulator for Four-Switch Buck-Boost Converters. Electronics, 11(1), 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11010100

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