In this paper, a new controller for a boost DC-DC (direct current to direct current) power converter is proposed. The discussed DC-DC boost converter model considers the losses coming from the inductor and capacitor. The novel control scheme takes into account that the duty cycle is constrained to physically admissible values. The analysis of the closed-loop trajectories provides the conclusion that output voltage regulation is achieved in asymptotic form. In addition, the problem of uncertain supply voltage and unmeasurable inductor current is also addressed by using an observer together with the proposed control law. Our theoretical results are supported by using numerical simulations and experimental tests. Comparisons with respect to known approaches are presented.
Departing from analyzing a general input-saturated second-order system, a Lyapunov-based constructive procedure for the output-feedback stabilization of the constantly perturbed DC-DC buck power converter is presented. The proposed scheme also incorporates a Σ-∆ modulator. The obtained control scheme is developed in two parts: a proportional-integral-type family of algorithms devoted to regulating the uncertain system by using measurements of the output voltage and a Σ-∆ modulator dedicated to transforming the control action into a {0, 1} discrete-valued signal. This modulator is a kind of a sliding controller, which can be seen as a subsystem with an on-off output. This combination, the PI-type family of controllers and the Σ-∆ modulator, assures the global stability of the closed-loop system, even if parametric uncertainties are presented. The convergence analysis was carried out using Lyapunov's method. The theoretical results are confirmed using real-time experimental tests, which demonstrate the anti-windup scheme and the Σ-∆ modulator efficiency. The experiments consider the saturation of the control input and disturbances, having obtained convincing results. INDEX TERMS DC-DC buck converter; Lyapunov's method; saturation control; Σ-∆ modulator; experimental results Recently, efficient control strategies have been designed for several types of power converters. A discontinuous con
In this paper, a novel controller for an input-saturated direct current to direct current (DC-DC) buck power converter has been proposed. The control scheme guarantees global asymptotic stability, even though the input to the power converter is affected by a hard saturation nonlinearity that results from the fact that in practice the duty cycle can only take continuous values between zero and one. Specifically, asymptotic stability is ensured by using a special quadratic-type Lyapunov function and LaSalle's invariance principle. In addition, to prevent inductor current's noisy measurements, an observer is proposed together with the proposed control law. Stability is also discussed rigorously for the resulting observer-based scheme. The real-time experimental comparisons with respect to a known approach are presented. Better performance is obtained with the novel observer-based controller.
INDEX TERMSBuck power converter, input saturation, Lyapunov's stability, observer-based controller, real-time experiments.
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