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A new small-signal model for current-mode control

Abstract

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A new small-signal model is developed for pulse-width-modulated converters operating with current-mode control. Four different control schemes are analyzed, all of which use the instantaneous value of the inductor current as part of the control modulation. Continuous-conduction mode and discontinuous-conduction mode models are provided. Sampled-data modeling is applied to the current-mode cell which is common to all converters, and the important results obtained are simplified to give a powerful model for analysis and design. The new model explains all of the observed phenomena of current-mode control, including the subharmonic oscillation which can occur with constant-frequency modulation. It is shown that the model provides transfer functions with three poles for two-state converters. Predictions of the new model are accurate to half the switching frequency.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1990

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Ridley, Raymond B.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Lee, Fred C.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Vorperian, Vatche
  • Cho, Bo H.
  • Chen, Dan Y.
  • Nelson, Douglas J.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-07282008-135124
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/38935

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Ridley, Raymond B.. A new small-signal model for current-mode control. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38935