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WIWO(wide input wide output) presents a new wide-inputwide-output dcdc converter, which is an integration of buck and boost converters via a tapped inductor, Coherent transition between step-down and step-up modes is achieved by a proper control scheme that is by applying proper control to the two active switches, the converter exhibits both buck and boost features]. This paper presents theoretical concepts and experimental results.
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Chapter 1.Introduction
The BUCK, boost, buckboost, and Cu k converters are the four basic dcdc non-isolating converters that have found wide applications in industry. The buck converter can step down the dc voltage, whereas the boost converter is capable to perform a step-up function. In applications where both step-up and step-down conversion ratios are required, the buckboost and Cu converters can be used. k Simplicity and robustness are among the advantages of the buckboost converter. However, the pulsating input and output currents cause high conduction losses, and thus, impair the efficiency of buckboost. Furthermore, the buckboost converter uses the inductor to store the energy from the input source, and then, release the stored energy to the output. For this reason, the magnetic components of buck boost are subjected to a significant stress. These disadvantages limit the applications of the buckboost converter mainly to low power level. The isolated version of buckboost, referred to aas the flyback converter, can achieve greater step-up or step-down conversion ratio utilizing a transformer, possibly, with multiple outputs. As compared with the buckboost converter, the Cu converter has higher efficiency and smaller k ripples in input and output currents. A significant improvement of the Cu converter performance can be achieved k by applying the zero ripple concept. The Cu converter can be found in many highk performance power applications. In theory buck and boost converters can generate almost any voltage, in practice, the output voltage range is limited by component stresses that increase at the extreme duty cycle. Consequently, buck converter losses mount at low duty cycle, whereas boost converter efficiency deteriorates when the duty cycle tends to unity. Accordingly, voltage conversion range of the buck converter below 0.10.15 becomes impractical whereas that of the boost converters is limited to below 810. Additional problems associated with narrow duty cycle are caused by MOSFET drivers rise and fall times as well as pulse width-modulated (PWM) controllers that have maximum pulse width limitations. These problems become even more severe at higher voltages and higher frequencies.
Introducing a transformer helps attaining large step-up or step-down voltage conversion ratio. Transformers turn ratio should be chosen as to provide the
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter desired voltage gain while keeping the duty cycle within a reasonable range for higher efficiency. The transformer, however, brings in a whole new set of problems associated with the magnetizing and leakage inductances, which cause voltage spikes and ringing, increased core and cooper losses as well as increased volume and cost. In a quest for converters with wide conversion range, quite a few authors proposed using converters with nonlinear characteristics. Single-transistor converter topologies, with quadratic conversion ratios, were proposed in [1] and demonstrated large step-down conversion ratio. This method has successfully achieved wide conversion range in the step down direction. A different approach to obtain wide conversion range utilizing coupled inductors was proposed in [2]. With only minor modification of the tapped-inductor buck, [2] shows low component count and solves the gate-drive problem by exchanging the position of the second winding and the top switch. The problem of a high turn-OFF voltage spike on the top switch was solved by applying a lossless clamp circuit. Due to the coupled inductor action, the converter demonstrated high step-down dcdc conversion ratio, whereas the converters efficiency was improved by the extended duty cycle. A tapped-inductor buck with soft switching was introduced in [3]
3.Tapped-Inductor Buck Derivations of the tapped-inductor buck were also suggested in [4] and [5]. An- other modification of the tapped-buck converter was realized in [6] for power factor correction (PFC) application. With the addition of a line-frequency commutated switch and a diode, both flyback and buck characteristics were achieved and large step-down was demonstrated.
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Tapped-Inductor Boost Converters Some applications, especially battery-operated equipment, require high voltage boosting. To attain very large voltage step- up, cascaded boost converters that implement the output voltage increasing in geometric progression were introduced in [7]. These converters effectively enhance the voltage transfer ratio; however, their circuits are quite complex. In comparison, tapped-inductor boost converters proposed in [8] and [9] attain a comparable voltage step-up preserving relative circuit simplicity.In [10], the boost converter output terminal and fly- back converter output terminal are connected in series to increase the output voltage gain with the coupled inductor. The boost converter also functions as an active clamp circuit to recycle the snubber energy.
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2.1.1 Buck converter: The basic circuit configuration used in the buck converter is shown in Fig.1. As you can see there are only four main components: switching power MOSFET Q1, flywheel diode D1, inductor L and output filter capacitor C1. A control circuit (often a single IC) monitors the output voltage, and maintains it at the desired level by switching Q1 on and off at a fixed rate (the converters operating frequency), but with a varying duty cycle.
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Fig.2.1.1: The basic circuit for a Buck type of DC-DC converter When Q1 is turned on, current begins flowing from the input source through Q1 and L, and then into C1 and the load. The magnetic field in L therefore builds up, storing energy in the inductor - with the voltage drop across L opposing or bucking part of the input voltage. Then when Q1 is turned off, the inductor opposes any drop in current by suddenly reversing its EMF, and now supplies current to the load itself via D1. The DC output voltage which appears across the load is a fraction of the input voltage, and this fraction turns out to be equal to the duty cycle. So we can write: Vout/Vin = D, or Vout = Vin x D where D is the duty cycle, and equal to Ton/T, where T is the inverse of the operating frequency. So by varying the switching duty cycle, the buck Converters output voltage can be varied as a fraction of the input voltage. A duty cycle of 50% gives a step down ratio of 2:1, for example, as needed for a 24/12V step-down converter. The current ratio between output and input will be the reciprocal of the voltage ratio; ignoring losses for a moment, and assuming our converter is perfectly efficient. So Iout/In = Vin/Vout
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter So when we are stepping down the voltage by 2:1, the input current is only half the value of the output current. Or it would be, if it were not for the converters losses. Because real-world converters arent perfect the input current is typically at least 10% higher than this.
2.1.2 Boost converter: The basic boost converter is no more complicated than the buck converter, but has the components arranged differently (Fig.2.1.2) in order to step up the voltage. Again the operation consists of using Q1 as a high speed switch, with output voltage control by varying the switching duty cycle. When Q1 is switched on, current flows from the input source through L and Q1, and energy is stored in the inductors magnetic field. There is no current through D1, and the load current is supplied by the charge in C1. Then when Q1 is turned off, L opposes any drop in current by immediately reversing its EMF - so that the inductor voltage adds to (i.e., boosts) the source voltage, and current due to this boosted voltage now flows from the source through L, D1 and the load, recharging C1 as well.
b
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter Fig.2.1.2: A non-ideal boost converter: (a) schematic, (b) inductor voltage and capacitor current waveforms. The output voltage is therefore higher than the input voltage, and it turns out that the voltage step-up ratio is equal to: Vout/Vin = 1/(1-D) where 1-D is actually the proportion of the switching cycle that Q1 is off, rather than on. So the step-up ratio is also equal to: Vout/Vin = T/Toff Again, if we assume that the converter is 100% efficient the ratio of output current to input current is just the reciprocal of the voltage ratio: Iin/Iout = Vout/Vin So if we step up the voltage by a factor of 2, the input current will be twice the output current. Of course in a real converter with losses, it will be higher
2.1.3 Buck-boost converter The main components in a buck-boost converter are again much the same as in the buck and boost types, but they are configured in a different way (Fig.2.1.3).
Fig.2.1.3: The Buck-Boost converter. This allows the voltage to be stepped either up or down, depending on the duty cycle. Here when MOSFET Q1 is turned on, inductor L is again connected directly across the source voltage and current flows through it, storing energy in the magnetic field. No current can flow through D1 to the load, because this time the diode is connected so that it is reverse biased. Capacitor C1 must supply the load current in this Ton phase. But when Q1 is turned off, L is disconnected from the source. Needless to say L again opposes any tendency for the current to drop, and instantly reverses its EMF. This generates a voltage which forward biases D1, and
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter current flows into the load and to recharge C1. With this configuration the ratio between the output and input voltages turns out to be:
Vout/Vin = -D/(1-D) which again equates to Vout/Vin = -Ton/Toff So the buck-boost converter steps the voltage down when the duty cycle is less than 50% (i.e., Ton < Toff), and steps it up when the duty cycle is greater than 50% (Ton > Toff). But the output voltage is always reversed in polarity with respect to the input . so the buck-boost converter is also a voltage inverter. When the duty cycle is exactly 50%, for example, Vout is essentially the same as Vin, except with the opposite polarity. So even when its not being used to step the voltage up or down, the buck-boost converter may be used to generate a negative voltage rail in equipment operating from a single battery. As before, the ratio between output and input currents is simply the reciprocal of the voltage ratio, if we ignore losses. 2.1.4 CUK CONVERTER: The basic circuit of a Cuk converter is shown in Fig.2.1.4, it has an additional inductor and capacitor. The circuit configuration is in some ways like a combination of the buck and boost converters, although like the buck-boost circuit it delivers an inverted output. Virtually all of the output current must pass through C1, and as ripple current so C1 is usually a large electrolytic with a high ripple current rating and low ESR (equivalent series resistance), to minimize losses. L1 C1 L2
Fig.2.1.4: The Cuk converter When Q1 is turned on, current flows from the input source through L1 and Q1, storing energy in L1s magnetic field. Then when Q1 is turned off, the voltage across L1 reverses to maintain current flow. As in the boost converter current then flows from the input source, through L1 and D1, charging up C1 to a voltage somewhat
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter higher than Vin and transferring to it some of the energy that was stored in L1. Then when Q1 is turned on again, C1 discharges through via L2 into the load, with L2 and C2 acting as a smoothing filter. Meanwhile energy is being stored again in L1, ready for the next cycle. As with the buck-boost converter, the ratio between the output voltage and the input voltage again turns out to be: Vout/Vin = -D/(1-D) = -Ton/Toff where the minus sign again indicates voltage inversion. So like the buck-boost converter, the Cuk converter can step the voltage either up or down, depending on the switching duty cycle. The main difference between the two is that because of the series inductors at both input and output, the Cuk converter has much lower current ripple in both circuits. In fact by careful adjustment of the inductor values, the ripple in either input or output can be nulled completely. 2.1.5 Charge-pump converter All of the converters weve looked at so far have depended for their operation on storing energy in the magnetic field of an inductor. However theres another type of converter which operates by storing energy as electric charge in a capacitor, instead. Converters of this type are usually called charge-pump converters, and theyre a development from traditional voltage doubling and voltage multiplying rectifier circuits. The basic circuit for a voltage doubling charge-pump converter is shown in Fig.2.1.5, and as you can see, it mainly uses four MOSFET switches and a capacitor C1 usually called the charge bucket capacitor. Operation is fairly simple. First Q1 and Q4 are turned on, connecting C1 across the input source and allowing it to charge to Vin. Then these switches are turned off, and Q2 and Q3 are turned on instead. C1 is now connected in series with the input voltage source, across output reservoir capacitor C2. As a result some of the charge in C1 is transferred to C2, which charges to twice the input voltage. This cycle is repeated at a fairly high frequency, with C2 providing the load current during the part of the cycle when Q2 and Q3 are turned off. As you can see all of the energy supplied to the load in this type of converter flows through C1, and as ripple current. So again this capacitor needs
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter to have a relatively high value, have low ESR (to minimise losses) and be able to cope with a heavy ripple current. A slightly different circuit configuration from that shown in Fig.2.1.5 can be used to deliver an inverted voltage of the same value as Vin, instead of a doubled voltage. This type of converter finds use in generating a negative supply rail for electronic circuits running from a single battery. On the whole, though, the fact that charge-pump converters rely for their operation on charge stored in a capacitor tends to limit them to relatively low current applications. However for this type of operation theyre often cheaper and more compact than inductor-type converters.
Fig 2.1.5: A basic Charge-Pump converter which doubles the input voltage.
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter 2.2 ISOLATED CONVERTERS: All of the converters above have virtually no electrical isolation between the input and output circuits; in fact they share a common connection. This is fine for many applications, but it can make these converters quite unsuitable for other applications where the output needs to be completely isolated from the input. Here is where a different type of inverter tends to be used - the isolating type. There are two main types of isolating inverter in common use: the flyback type and the forward type. Like most of the non-isolating converters, both types depend for their operation on energy stored in the magnetic field of an inductor; or in this case, a transformer.
The basic circuit for a flyback type converter is shown in Fig.2.2.1. In many ways it operates like the buck-boost converter of Fig.2.1.3, but using a transformer to store the energy instead of a single inductor.
When MOSFET Q1 is switched on, current flows from the source through primary winding L1 and energy is stored in the transformers magnetic field. Then when Q1 is turned off, the transformer tries to maintain the current flow through L1 by suddenly reversing the voltage across it, generating a flyback pulse of back-EMF. Q1 is chosen to have a very high breakdown voltage, though, so current simply cant
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter be maintained in the primary circuit. But because of transformer action an even higher flyback pulse is induced in secondary winding L2. And here diode D1 is able to conduct during the pulse, delivering current to the load and recharging filter capacitor C1 (which provides load current between pulses). So as you can see, the flyback converter again has two distinct phases in its switching cycle. During the first phase Q1 conducts and energy is stored in the transformer core via the primary winding L1. Then in the second phase when Q1 is turned off, the stored energy is transferred into the load and C1 via secondary winding L2. The ratio between output and input voltage of a flyback converter is not simply a matter of the turns ratio between L2 and L1, because the back-EMF voltage in both windings is determined by the amount of energy stored in the magnetic field, and hence depends on the winding inductance, the length of time that Q1 is turned on, etc. However the ratio between L2 and L1 certainly plays an important role, and most flyback converters have a fairly high turns ratio to allow a high voltage step-up ratio.
Because of the way the flyback converter works, the magnetic flux in its transformer core never reverses in polarity. As a result the core needs to be fairly large for a given power level, to avoid magnetic saturation. Because of this flyback converters tend to be used for relatively low power applications, like generating high voltages for insulation testers, Geiger counter tubes, cathode ray tubes and similar devices drawing relatively low current. Although its not shown in Fig.2.2.1, a third small winding can be added to the flyback transformer to allow sensing of the flyback pulse amplitude (which is reasonably close to the output voltage Vout). This voltage can be then fed back to the MOSFET switching control circuit, to allow it to automatically adjust the switching to regulate the output voltage.
2.2.2 Forward converter In contrast with the flyback converter, where there are two distinct phases for energy storage and delivery to the output, the forward converter uses the transformer in a more traditional manner, to transfer the energy directly between input and output in the one step. The most common type of forward converter is the push-pull type, and the basic circuit for this type is shown in Fig.2.2.2.1.
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Fig.2.2.2.1: The basic circuit for a Forward converter Forward converter is another popular switched mode power supply (SMPS) circuit that is used for producing isolated and controlled dc voltage from the unregulated dc input supply. As in the case of fly-back converter the input dc supply is often derived after rectifying (and little filtering) of the utility ac voltage. The forward converter, when compared with the fly-back circuit, is generally more energy efficient and is used for applications requiring little higher power output (in the range of 100 watts to 200 watts). However the circuit topology, especially the output filtering circuit is not as simple as in the fly-back converter. Fig. shows the basic topology of the forward converter. It consists of a fast switching device S along with its control circuitry, a transformer with its primary winding connected in series with switch S to the input supply and a rectification and filtering circuit for the transformer secondary winding. The load is connected across the rectified output of the transformer-secondary. The transformer used in the forward converter is desired to be an ideal transformer with no leakage fluxes, zero magnetizing current and no losses. The basic operation of the circuit is explained here assuming ideal circuit elements and later the non-ideal characteristics of the devices are taken care of by suitable modification in the circuit design. In fact, due to the presence of finite magnetizing current in a
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter practical transformer, a tertiary winding needs to be introduced in the transformer and the circuit topology changes slightly. 2.3 Resonant Converters Resonant converters use a resonant circuit for switching the transistors when they are at the zero current or zero voltage point; this reduces the stress on the switching transistors and the radio interference. We distinguish between ZVS- and ZCS-resonant converters (ZVS: Zero Voltage Switching, ZCS: Zero Current Switching). To control the output voltage, resonant converters are driven with constant pulse duration at a variable frequency. The pulse duration is required to be equal to half of the resonant period time for switching at the zero-crossing points of current or voltage. There are many different types of resonant converters. For example the resonant circuit can be placed at the primary or secondary side of the transformer. Another alternative is that a serial r parallel resonant circuit can be used, depending on whether it is required to turn off the transistor, when the current is zero or the voltage is zero. Future renewable energy systems will need to interface several energy sources such as fuel cells, photovoltaic (PV) array with the load along with battery backup. A three-port converter finds applications in such systems since it has advantages of reduced conversion stages, high-frequency ac-link, multiwinding transformer in a single core and centralized control. This has been described [1]. Some of the applications are in fuel-cell systems, automobiles, and stand-alone self-sufficient residential buildings. A three-port bidirectional converter has been proposed in [2] for a fuel-cell and battery system to improve its transient response and also ensure constant power output from fuel-cell source. The circuit uses phase-shift control of three active bridges connected through a three-winding transformer and a network of inductors.
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Fig. 2.3.1. System overview: a power electronic converter regulates the energy flow between the fuel cell generator, an energy storage device, and the load.
To extend the soft-switching operation range in case of port voltage variations, duty-ratio control is added in [3]. Another method to solve port voltage variations is to use a front-end boost converter, as suggested in [3] for ultra-capacitor applications. This topology comprises a high-frequency three-winding transformer and three half-bridges, one of which is a boost half-bridge interfacing a power port with a wide operating voltage. The three half-bridges are coupled by the transformer, thereby providing galvanic isolation for all the power ports. The converter is controlled by phase shift, which achieves the primary power flow control, in combination with pulse width modulation (PWM).
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter Because of the particular structure of the boost half-bridge, voltage variations at the port can be compensated for by operating the boost half-bridge, together with the other two half-bridges, at an appropriate duty cycle to keep a constant voltage across the half-bridge. The resulting waveforms applied to the transformer windings are asymmetrical due to the automatic volt-seconds balancing of the half-bridges. With the PWM control it is possible to reduce the rms loss and to extend the zerovoltage switching operating range to the entire phase shift region. To increase the power-handling capacity of the converter, three-phase version of the converter is proposed in [5]. A high-power converter to interface batteries and ultracapacitors to a high voltage dc bus has been demonstrated in [6] using half bridges, a battery and an ultracapacitor. The converter consists of three half-bridges and a high-frequency multi-winding transformer as shown below.
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter Bi-directional power flow between input and output is achieved by adjusting the phase-shift angles of the voltages across the two sides of the transformer. Softswitching is implemented naturally by snubber capacitors and transformer leakage inductance. Since the power flow between ports is inversely proportional to the impedance offered by the leakage inductance and the external inductance, impedance has to be low at high power levels. To get realizable inductance values equal to or more than the leakage inductance of the transformer, the switching frequency has to be reduced. Hence, the selection of switching frequency is not independent of the value of inductance. A series-resonant converter has more freedom in choosing realizable inductance values and the switching frequency, independent of each other. Such a converter can operate at higher switching frequencies for medium and high-power converters. A three-port series resonant converter operating at constant switching frequency and retaining all the advantages of a three-port structure is proposed in [1]. Other circuit topologies [7][12] are suggested in the literature for a three-port converter such as the current-fed topologies [11] that have more number of magnetic components and flyback converter topologies [12] that are not bidirectional. A constant-frequency phase-controlled parallel-resonant converter was proposed in [13], which uses phase shift between input bridges to control the ac-link bus voltage, and also between input and output bridge to control the output dc voltage. Such highfrequency ac-link systems using resonant converters have been extensively explored for space applications and telecommunications applications. The series-resonant three-port converter proposed in this paper uses a similar phase shift control but between two different sources. The phase shifts can be both positive and negative, and are extended to all bridges, including the load-side bridge along with bidirectional power flow. A resonant converter topology is suggested in [16] but phase-shift control is not utilized for control of power flow; instead, the converters are operated separately based on the power flow direction.
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter the current and is subject to the voltage spike while S2 switch is constantly ON with zero voltage VD S2 across.
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Chapter3. BLOCK DIAGRAM 3.1 Motivation in the search for new switching topology
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inductors. (a) 0 < n < . (b) 0 < n < . (c) n > 1. (d) n > 1.
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Fig 3.1.4 Voltage conversion ratio of boost-derived converters with tapped inductors. (a) 0 < n < . (b) 0 < n < . (c) 0 < n < 1. (d) 0 < n < 1.
The basic buck and boost converters can be transformed into a number of new topologies by bringing in the tapped inductor. The proposed tapped-inductor buckderived converters are shown in Fig 3.1.1, with their corresponding voltage conversion ratios plotted in Fig 3.1.2. The proposed tapped-inductor boost- derived topologies and their corresponding voltage conversion ratios are given in Figs. 3.1.3 and 3.1.4. Here, D is the duty ratio of switch S, M is the voltage conversion ratio, and n is the turn ratio of the tapped inductors, which is defined as n = n2 : n1 . As the turn ratio n tends to infinity, the conversion ratio of the buck-derived converters approach the characteristic of a basic buck topology. On the other hand, as the turn ratio n goes to zero, the conversion ratio of the boost-derived converters approach the characteristic of a basic boost topology. Inspection of the conversion ratio plots, as given in Fig. 3.1.1(a), reveals that the proposed buck-derived converter achieves wider voltage step- down than a basic buck converter. Also, by examining Fig 3.1.3(a), it
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter becomes evident that the suggested boost-derived converter attains a wider voltage step-up than a basic boost converter. The converter topologies shown in Figs. 3.1.1(a) and 3.1.3(a) are strikingly similar. The idea proposed here is that these two topologies may be combined to form a new two-switch topology, with an extended conversion range. Same conclusion can be reached comparing the converters given in Figs. 3.1.1(c) and 3.1.3(c). The proposed WIWO range converter topology is described in the next section.
Fig. 3.2.
Specifically, note that the tapped inductor in Figs. 3.1.1 and 3.1.3 is reconfigured into a pair of coupled inductors in Fig. 3.2.1. Being equivalent electrically, this reconfiguration is beneficial from a practical point of view. In Fig. 3.2, S1 and S2 are connected to a common junction or midpoint. The midpoint is periodically switched by S1 to ground, which allows recharging the bootstrap power supply and reliable operation of the flying driver of the top switch S2. Consequently, a standard
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter half-bridge driver chip can be used with the low-side driver operating the bottom switch S1 and the bootstrap high-side driver activating the top switch S2.
WIWO can operate either in the step-down or the buck mode or in the step-up or the boost mode. To operate the WIWO in the buck mode, the switch S1 is assigned a high-frequency switching signal with a predetermined duty cycle D, whereas S2 is switched complementarily to S1. The diode D is kept ON by the inductor L2 current, which is assumed to be continuous. To operate WIWO in the boost mode, the controller keeps S2 switch continuously ON and issues the required duty cycle signal for the S1 switch. Thus, the diode D is forced to switch on and off complementarily to S1.In both modes, the capacitor C filters the pulsating current and provides a smoothed output voltage for the load R.
Fig. 3.3.
For the proper operation of WIWO, a modified PWM control circuitry is required. The implementation is not unique. One possible realization of the
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter modulator is shown in Fig. 3.3. Here, a window comparator is employed to derive the required switching signals for S1 and S2 by comparing the sawtooth ramp with amplitude of Vm to the two control voltages VC and V . The control voltage VC for the upper comparator is delivered by an external source, whereas the lower comparator input signal is derived by the PWM circuitry, downshifting the control voltage VC by Vm: V = VCVm. The relationship between the control voltage VC and the sawtooth ramp amplitude Vm can be expressed by means of a variable m as VC=mVm . WIWO operates in the buck mode when 0 <VC <Vm, i.e., when 0 m < 1. Here, the upper comparator generates the required duty cycle for the S2 switch, whereas the lower comparator is in 1 state and commands the NAND gate to provide the complimentary duty cycle for the S1 switch. Therefore, WIWO operates similarly to a synchronous buck converter. On the other hand, for Vm<VC<2Vm ,or 1m<2, the upper comparator is in 1 state and keeps S2 continuously ON, whereas the lower comparator and the NAND gate provide the required duty cycle for the S1 switch. Thus, the converter enters the boost mode.
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Fig3.4 .1 Four topological states of the WIWO converter. (a) Buck-mode charging state. (b) Buck-mode discharging state. (c) Boost-mode charging state. (d) Boost-mode discharging state.
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Waveforms of the WIWO dcdc converter. (a) Buck mode. (b) Boost
Buck Mode: State 1 (t0 t < t1 ) is the buck-mode charging state [see Figs. 3.4.1(a) and 3 . 4 . 2 (a)]. Here, the switch S2 is turned on and S1 is turned off. The diode D conducts and the coupled inductors L1 and L2 are charged. The energy is also transferred from dc source to load. State 2 (t1 t t2 ) is the buck-mode discharging state [see Figs3.4.1(b) and 3.4.2(a)]. Here, the switch S2 is turned off also cutting off the current in the L1 winding, whereas S1 is turned on and the diode D conducts L2 current to the load. Boost Mode: State 3 (t0 t < t1 ) is the boost-mode charging state [see Figs. 3.4.1(c) and 3.4.2(b)]. Here, the switches S1 and S2 are turned on charging the L1 inductor. The diode D is cut off by the negative voltage induced inL2 winding. The output voltage is supported by the capacitor C. State 4 (t1 t t2 ) is the
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter boost-mode discharging state [see Figs. 3.4.1(d) and 3.4.2(b)]. Here, the switch S2 is still ON whereas S1 is turned off. Both windings L1 and L2 conduct through the diode D and discharge the stored energy to the output.
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Switched circuit models. (a) State 1. (b) State 2. (c) State 3. (d) State 4.
WIWO voltage transfer characteristics M (n, m) are plotted in Fig3.6.1. Clearly, for n=1, the voltage transfer ratio is smooth at the vicinity of the buck to boost switchover point m=1, whereas for other values of n, the curves exhibit a slope change. This statement can be verified analytically by calculating the derivatives of
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter M (m) at m = 1. Using the expressions for voltage conversion ratio given in Table I, the result is ((n + 1)/n) for the buck mode and (n + 1) for the boost mode. Obviously, the slope of WIWO dcdc characteristic becomes continuous for n = 1. Table I also presents the line-to-output and control-to-output transfer functions. The small-signal transfer functions of the WIWO converter were derived by linearizing the statespace equations around the operating point [11]. The line-to-output and control-tooutput transfer functions reveal strong dependence on the operating point and a right-half-plane (RHP) zero. This is also the case in other tapped-inductor t o p o l o g i e s [13], [14]. These characteristics make the WIWO compensation network design somewhat difficult.
3.6. RIPPLE AND EFFECTS OF RIPPLE The most common meaning of ripple in electrical science is the small unwanted residual periodic variation of the direct current (dc) output of a power supply which has been derived from an alternating current (ac) source. This ripple is due to incomplete suppression of the alternating waveform within the power supply. As well as this time-varying phenomenon, there is a frequency domain ripple that arises in some classes of filter and other signal processing networks. In this case the periodic variation is a variation in the insertion loss of the network against increasing frequency. The variation may not be strictly linearly periodic. In this meaning also, ripple is usually to be considered an unwanted effect, its existence being a compromise between the amount of ripple and other design parameters. 3.6.1 Time-domain ripple
Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter Ripple factor () may be defined as the ratio of the root mean square (rms) value of the ripple voltage to the absolute value of the dc component of the output voltage, usually expressed as a percentage. However, ripple voltage is also commonly expressed as the peak-to-peak value. This is largely because peak-to-peak is both easier to measure on an oscilloscope and is simpler to calculate theoretically. Filter circuits intended for the reduction of ripple are usually called smoothing circuits. The simplest scenario in ac to dc conversion is a rectifier without any smoothing circuitry at all. The ripple voltage is very large in this situation; the peakto-peak ripple voltage is equal to the peak ac voltage. A more common arrangement is to allow the rectifier to work into a large smoothing capacitor which acts as a reservoir. After a peak in output voltage the capacitor (C) supplies the current to the load (R) and continues to do so until the capacitor voltage has fallen to the value of the now rising next half-cycle of rectified voltage. At that point the rectifiers turn on again and deliver current to the reservoir until peak voltage is again reached. If the time constant, CR, is large in comparison to the period of the ac waveform, then a reasonably accurate approximation can be made by assuming that the capacitor voltage falls linearly. A further useful assumption can be made if the ripple is small compared to the dc voltage. In this case the phase angle through which the rectifiers conduct will be small and it can be assumed that the capacitor is discharging all the way from one peak to the next with little loss of accuracy.
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter With the above assumptions the peak-to-peak ripple voltage can be calculated as: For a full-wave rectifier:
where Vpp is the peak-to-peak ripple voltage and I is the current in the circuit F is the frequency of the ac power and C is the capacitance For the rms value of the ripple voltage, the calculation is more involved as the shape of the ripple waveform has a bearing on the result. Assuming a sawtooth waveform is a similar assumption to the ones above and yields the result
where is the ripple factor and R is the resistance of the load Another approach to reducing ripple is to use a series choke. A choke has a filtering action and consequently produces a smoother waveform with less high-order harmonics. Against this, the dc output is close to the average input voltage as opposed to the higher voltage with the reservoir capacitor which is close to the peak input voltage. With suitable approximations, the ripple factor is given by
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Where is the angular frequency 2f and L is the inductance of the choke More complex arrangements are possible; the filter can be an LC ladder rather than a simple choke or the filter and the reservoir capacitor can both be used to gain the benefits of both. The most commonly seen of these is a low-pass -filter consisting of a reservoir capacitor followed by a series choke followed by a further shunt capacitor. However, use of chokes is deprecated in contemporary designs for economic reasons. A more common solution where good ripple rejection is required is to use a reservoir capacitor to reduce the ripple to something manageable and then pass through a voltage regulator circuit. The regulator circuit, as well as regulating the output, will incidentally filter out nearly all of the ripple as long as the minimum level of the ripple waveform does not go below the voltage being regulated to. The majority of power supplies are now switched mode. The filtering requirements for such power supplies are much easier to meet owing to the frequency of the ripple waveform being very high. In traditional power supply designs the ripple frequency is either equal to (half-wave), or twice (full-wave) the ac line frequency. With switched mode power supplies the ripple frequency is not related to the line frequency, but is instead related to the frequency of the chopper circuit. 3.6.2 Effects of ripple Ripple is undesirable in many electronic applications for a variety of reasons,the ripple frequency and its harmonics are within the audio band and will therefore be audible on equipment such as radio receivers, equipment for playing recordings and professional studio equipment. The ripple frequency is within television video bandwidth. Analogue TV receivers will exhibit a pattern of moving wavy lines if too much ripple is present.
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter The presence of ripple can reduce the resolution of electronic test and measurement instruments. On an oscilloscope it will manifest itself as a visible pattern on screen. Within digital circuits, it reduces the threshold, as does any form of supply rail noise, at which logic circuits give incorrect outputs and data is corrupted. High amplitude ripple currents shorten the life of electrolytic capacitors.
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A 100-W prototype WIWO converter was designed for input voltage range of 1248 Vdc and a constant output voltage of 28 Vdc . The turn ratio of the tapped inductor was set to n =1 with a total inductance of 400 H. The switching frequency of 200 kHz was chosen. The tapped inductors were wound on C058548A2 toroidal powder core, chosen for its low leakage, with 50 turns of AWG20 wire for both windings. The design yielded 400 H inductance with only 560 nH leakage inductance. Two FDD2572 MOSFETs were paralleled to comprise the top switch and two IRFR3518 were used for the low switch providing low RdsON and low gate capacitance. Schottky diode 20CTQ150 was selected due to superior reverse recovery characteristics.
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Fig.3.6.1. converter.
Experimental waveforms of WIWO converting 48 V input to 28 V output (buck mode) are shown in Fig.3.6.2. In the buck mode, S2 is the leading switch, gated by the duty cycle command shown as the bottom trace in Fig. 3.6.2, whereas the bottom switch S1 is switched complementarily, similarly to a synchronous converter. Switch voltages (see Fig.3.3 for definition) are shown as top two waveforms in Fig.3.6.2. The middle traces show the winding currents. These were measured by ac probe, so only the ripple components could be observed. As could be seen, as the S2 switch conducts, both windings carry the same current. At the S2 is turned off, the input current ceases whereas the output current is doubled in amplitude, consistent with WIWO models in Fig.3.5(a) and (b). The ramp portion of the current is hardly noticeable due to the relatively high frequency and sufficiently large inductance value. The leakage inductance of L1 developed a turn-OFF voltage spike across S1 that is smoothed by the snubber circuitry. The snubber is used to clamp the voltage spike, as described later.
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Fig.3.6.2.
Top trace: drain voltage V1 of S1 switch (50 V/division, 2 s/division); second top trace: drain voltage V2 of S2 switch (50 V/division, 2 s/division); middle trace: input current Ii (0.2 A/division, 2 s/division); second bottom trace: output current Io (0.2 A/division, 2 s/division); bottom trace: S2 switch gating voltage (20 V/ division, 2 s/division).
The experimental waveforms of WIWO in the boost mode with 12 V input and 28 V output, under full-load condition, are shown in Fig 3.6.3. To supply the power requirements of the load at lower input voltage range, WIWO calls for greater input current, and therefore, turn-OFF voltage spike on S1 is observed. In the boost mode, the S1 switch is the leading switch that is issued the duty cycle command, shown as the bottom trace in Fig.3.6.3. Since in the buck mode the S2 switch is constantly ON, the drain voltage of S2 and the drain voltage of S1 are almost identical. The winding currents were measured by a high-frequency ac probe, and therefore, only ac current components are shown as two middle traces in Fig.3.6.3. As S1 switch conducts, the input winding carries the input current and is charging, whereas the output current is cut off. As the S1 switch
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Fig.3.6.3 Experimental waveforms of WIWO in the boost mode (see Fig.3.3 for designation of variables). Top trace: drain voltage of S1 switch (20 V/division,2 s/division); second top trace: drain voltage of S2 switch (20 V/division,2 s/division); middle trace: input current Ii (0.5 A/division, 2 s/division); second bottom trace: output current Io (0.5 A/division, 2 s/division); bottom trace: S1 switch gating voltage (20 V/division, 2 s/division).
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Fig.3.6.4 Comparison of K with K cr i t for n = 1. is cut off, both windings carry the same current and are discharging into the output capacitor and feeding the load. For this reason, the currents ripple components appear in antiphase, as predicted by WIWO models in Fig. 3.5(c) and (d). Also could be seen is the snubber circuit resonant discharge as the snubber recycles the stored energy.
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Fig 3.6.5.Comparison of the experimental and theoretical voltage conversion ratio under different loading conditions. (a) K = 2. (b) K = 0.2. (c) K = 0.02. With decreased load, the converter enters the discontinuous conduction mode
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter (DCM). To measure the tendency of the converter to operate in DCM, the parameter K = (2Lm /RTs ) is defined as suggested in [15]. The critical value of K for n = 1 is compared with K = 2, 0.2, 0.02 in Fig.3.6.4. The experimental voltage conversion ratio M as function of m for different values of K plotted on top of the theoretical curve is given in Fig.3.6.5 (a)(c). Due to the parasitic resistances in the circuit, the experimental voltage conversion ratio M is slightly lower than theoretical prediction. For very same reason, the experimental M cannot become infinite and drops as m approaches 2. A narrow buck to boost-mode transition can be observed on the WIWO characteristic in the vicinity of m = 1. The conversion ratio in DCM is higher than that in CCM, as shown in Fig. 3.6.5(b) and (c). The efficiency of the experimental WIWO dcdc converter for different dc input voltages versus the load current is plotted in Fig.3.7.1. The output voltage was kept at the nominal value of 28 Vdc. No attempt was made to optimize the preliminary design, still the converter demonstrated high efficiency.
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The capabilities of SimPowerSystems for modeling typical electrical systems are illustrated in demonstration files. And for users who want to refresh their knowledge of power system theory, there are also self-learning case studies.
This section contains discussion of the following topics: 1 2 3 4 5 Building the Electrical Circuit with powerlib Library Interfacing the Electrical Circuit with Simulink Measuring Voltages and Currents Basic Principles of Connecting Capacitors and Inductors Using the Powerlib Block to Simulate SimPowerSystems Models
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It is possible to open these libraries to produce the windows containing the blocks to be copied into given circuit. Each component is represented by a special icon having one or several inputs and outputs corresponding to the different terminals of the component.
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It is also possible to interface from Simulink blocks to the electrical system. For example, it is possible to use the Controlled Voltage Source block to inject a voltage in an electrical circuit, as shown in the following figure.
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4.5.2 Converter
Converter is a device which convert AC to DC since high voltage dc supply is required at the input of the inverter.
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4.5.5 Microcontroller
Microcontroller (AT89C51) is one of the most commonly used microcontrollers especially in automotive, industrial appliances and consumer applications. However, as the functionality of the components such as timers, A/D converters, I/O Ports are explained in detail in Chapter 7.0.1 and the reader can flashback to this section to view the schematics and the specifications.
4.6.1 Transformer
A transformer is a static device in which electric power in one circuit is transferred into electric power of same frequency in another circuit .It can raise or lower the voltage in the circuit, but with a corresponding decrease or increase in current. It works with the principle of mutual induction. In this project a step-down transformer is used to provide necessary supply of 12 V for the electronic circuits.
4.6.2 Rectifier
A DC level obtained from a sinusoidal input can be improved 100% using a process called full wave rectification. Here in this project for full wave rectification a bridge rectifier is used. In the bridge rectifier the diodes may be of variable types like 1N4001, 1N4003, 1N4004, 1N4005, IN4007 etc can be used. But in this project 1N4007 is used because it can withstand up to 1000V.
4.6.3 Filters
In order to obtain a dc voltage of 0 Hz, a low pass capacitive filter circuit is used where a capacitor is connected at the rectifier output and a DC voltage without ripples is obtained across it. The filtered waveform is essentially a DC voltage with negligible ripples and it is ultimately fed to the load.
4.6.4 Regulators
The filtered output voltage from the capacitor is finally regulated. The voltage regulator is a device, which maintains the output voltage constant irrespective of the change in supply variations, load variations and temperature changes. Here a fixed voltage regulator namely LM7805 is used. The IC LM7805 is a +5V regulator which is used for microcontroller.
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Features and Description of Regulators 1. Output Current up to 1A 2. Output Voltages of 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 24V 3. Thermal Overload Protection 4. Short Circuit Protection 5. Output Transistor Safe Operating Area Protection The KA78XX/KA78XXA series of three-terminal positive regulator are available in the TO-220/D-PAK package and with several fixed output voltages, making them useful in a wide range of applications. Each type employs internal current limiting, thermal shutdown and safe operating area protection, making it essentially indestructable. If adequate heat sinking is provided, they can deliver over 1A output current. Although designed primarily as fixed voltage regulators, these devices can be used with external components to obtain adjustable voltages and currents. Electrical Characteristics of KA7805A Load and line regulation are specified at constant junction temperature. Change in Vo due to heating effects must be taken into account separately. Pulse testing with low duty is used. Electrical Characteristics of KA7805A Load and line regulation are specified at constant junction temperature. Change in Vo due to heating effects must be taken into account separately. Pulse testing with low duty is used. This circuit can give +5V output at about 150 mA current, but it can be increased to 1 A when good cooling is added to 7805 regulator chip. The circuit has over overload and thermal protection.
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Figure 4.4: Circuit diagram of the power supply. The capacitors must have enough high voltage rating to safely handle the input voltage feed to circuit. The circuit is very easy to build for example into a piece of overboard.
Component list 1. 7805 regulator IC 2. 100 uF electrolytic capacitor, at least 25V voltage rating 3. 10 uF electrolytic capacitor, at least 6V voltage rating 4. 100 nF ceramic or polyester capacitor
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The main purpose of driver circuit is to enhance the switching voltage for the MOSFET or any switching device and also to isolate the power circuit from the microcontroller circuit. Since the power circuit current must not enter into the
330 OHM 100 OHM
microcontroller K 1 circuit, MCT2E which is the opto coupler will be connected to the buffer CD4050 which send pulse signals of 5V from microcontroller to the driver circuit. MCT2E is the device which isolates the power G circuit with the microcontroller circuit. After it gets the signal from the microcontroller it will get
MCT2E enhanced using the 2N2222 transistor to higher level of voltage.After this voltage
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter 4. Opto coupler MCT2E 5. Transistors 2N2222 SK100 6. Resistors 1K 100 7. Transformers 230V/12V
Depending on the type of light sources and detector used it is possible to get a variety of optocouplers, they are as follows: 1. LED LDR optocoupler. 2. LED photodiode optocoupler. 3. LED phototransistor optocoupler.
4.8.2 Characteristics
1. Current transfer ratio (CTR). 2. Isolation voltage. 3. Response time. 4. Common mode rejection.
The light emitted by the LED is focused on the CB junction of the phototransistor. In response to this light, photo current starts flowing which acts as base current for the phototransistor. The collector current of phototransistor starts flowing. As soon as the input pulse reduces to zero the LED turns OFF and the collector current of phototransistor reduces to zero.
4.8.4 Applications
1. AC to DC converters used for DC motor speed control. 2. High power choppers. 3. High power inverters.
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter Fig 5.0.2 shows the external code memory and data memory connected to the 8051 chip. Note part of the external code memory can be located within the chip but ignore this feature for now. Also, variants of the chip will allow a lot more memory devices and I/O devices to be accommodate within the chip but such enhanced features will not be considered right now.
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multiple 32-bit ALUs (Superscalar) control lines
Fig 5.0.3 Simplified diagram of a Pentium processor A modern PC is powered by a Pentium processor (or equivalent), which is really a very powerful microprocessor. Where the 8051 microcontroller represents the low end
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter of the market in terms of processing power, the Pentium processor is one of the most complex processors in the world. Fig 5.0.3 shows a simplified block diagram of the Pentium processor and a simple comparison between the 8051 and the Pentium is given in the table 5.0.4 below.
Power consumption
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Table 7.0.4 Comparison of Pentium Vs 8051 The basic 8051 chip includes a number of peripheral I/O devices including two Timer/Counters, 8-bit I/O ports and a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter). The inclusion of such devices on the 8051 chip is shown in Fig 8.4. These I/O devices will be described later.
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The first 128 bytes of internal memory is organized as shown in Fig 8.2 and is referred to as Internal RAM or IRAM.
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Port 0 Port 0 is an 8-bit open-drain bi-directional I/O port. As an output port, each pin can sink eight TTL (Transistor Transistor Logic) inputs. When 1s are written to port 0 pins, the pins can be used as high impedance inputs. Port 0 may also be configured to be the multiplexed low order address/data bus during accesses to external program and data memory. In this mode P0 has internal pull-ups. Port 0 also receives the code bytes during Flash programming, and outputs the code bytes during program verification. External pull-ups are required during program verification.
Port 1 Port 1 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pull-ups. The Port 1 output buffers can sink/source four TTL (Transistor Transistor Logic) inputs. When 1s are written to Port 1 pins they are pulled high by the internal pull-ups and can be used as inputs. As inputs, Port 1 pins that are externally being pulled low will source current because of the internal pull-ups. Port 1 also receives the low-order address bytes during Flash programming and verification.
Port 2 Port 2 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pull-ups. The Port 2 output buffers can sink/source four TTL(Transistor Transistor Logic) inputs. When 1s are written to Port 2 pins they are pulled high by the internal pull-ups and can be used as inputs. As inputs Port 2 pins that are externally being pulled low will source current because of the internal pull-ups. Port 2 emits the high-order address byte during fetches
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter from external program memory and during accesses to external data memory that use 16-bit addresses. Port 3 Port 3 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pull-ups. The Port 3 output buffers can sink/source four TTL inputs. When 1s are written to Port 3 pins they are pulled high by the internal pull-ups and can be used as inputs. As inputs, Port 3 pins that are externally being pulled low will source current because of the pull-ups. RST Reset input. A high on this pin for two machine cycles while the oscillator is running resets the device. ALE/PROG Address Latch Enable output pulse for latching the low byte of the address during accesses to external memory. This pin is also the program pulse input (PROG) during Flash programming. In normal operation ALE is emitted at a constant rate of 1/6 the oscillator frequency, and may be used for external timing or clocking purposes. Note, however, that one ALE pulse is skipped during each access to external Data Memory. If desired, ALE operation can be disabled by setting bit 0 of SFR location 8EH. With the bit set, ALE is active only during a MOVX or MOVC instruction. Otherwise, the pin is weakly pulled high. Setting the ALE-disable bit has no effect if the microcontroller is in external execution mode. PSEN Program Store Enable is the read strobe to external program memory. When the AT89C51 is executing code from external program memory, PSEN is activated twice each machine cycle, except that two PSEN activations are skipped during each access to external data memory. EA/VPP External Access Enable. EA must be strapped to GND in order to enable the device to fetch code from external program memory locations starting at 0000H up to FFFFH. Note, however, that if lock bit 1 is programmed, EA will be internally latched on reset. EA should be strapped to VCC for internal program executions. This pin also
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter receives the 12V programming enable voltage (VPP) during Flash programming, for parts that require 12V VPP. XTAL1 Input to the inverting oscillator amplifier and input to the internal clock operating circuit. XTAL2 Output from the inverting oscillator amplifier.
The AT89C51 is a low-power, high-performance CMOS 8-bit microcomputer with 4K bytes of Flash programmable and erasable read only memory (PEROM). The device is manufactured using Atmels high-density nonvolatile memory technology and is compatible with the industry-standard MCS-51 instruction set and pin out. The on-chip Flash allows the program memory to be reprogrammed in-system or by a conventional nonvolatile memory programmer. By combining a versatile 8-bit CPU with Flash on a monolithic chip, the Atmel AT89C51 is a powerful microcomputer which provides a highly-flexible and cost-effective solution to many embedded control applications.
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5.1 APPLICATIONS
A continuously conducting diode D has a considerable forward voltage drop. This is not desirable for low-output- voltage applications. The voltage drop can be reduced using a synchronous rectifier with low Rds -ON instead of the diode, as shown in Fig 7.0.1.
Fig 5.1.1.
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Fig 5.1.3.
Interchanging the position of the inductor L2 and switch S3, as shown in Fig 5.1.3, the WIWO topology becomes symmetrical. This also allows driving the top switch S3 with another flying driver. An additional advantage of the circuit in Fig 5.1.3 is the ability to sustain a bidirectional power flow. The direction of the power flow can be controlled applying a single-pole double-throw switch, which may be controlled manually or automatically, as illustrated in Fig5.1.3. This WIWO can be used in a battery charging and discharging application. With the switch in position 1, the power flows from the left port to the right port, whereas with the switch in position 2, the power flows in a reverse direction from the right port to the left port.
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The WIWO dcdc converter can also be used for PFC application (see Fig5.1.4). Here, a sinusoidal line voltage is fed into the rectifier input. The WIWO dc dc converter can accept the rectified voltage and directly produce the required low dc out- put. With the line voltage greater than the output, the converter works in the buck mode. As the line drops below the output voltage, WIWO enters the boost mode.
4. The Device Database makes it easy to start writing programs for a particular CPU. Just select the microcontroller to be used and Vision2 sets the necessary options automatically. 5. New devices may be added to the database as the need arises. Vision2 provides a Books tab in the Project window where extensive on-line manuals for the tool chain and selected CPU are found. Double-click on a book title to open the online manual. 6. Most dialogs have a help button which provides detailed information about the dialog controls. To get help on menu items, select the item and press F1. 7. Vision2 lets us set the options for all files in a target, a group, or even a single source file. 8. The options dialog opens via the local menu in the Project window. 9. In the Target page of this dialog, the CPU and memory parameters of the target system may be specified. 10. Vision2 uses this information to configure basic tool options including the linker/locater settings and the simulator driver. 11. The output page defines the output files generated by the assembler, compiler, and linker.
Build project 1. Start compiling and assembling target application with the build target button on the toolbar.
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter 2. The tool chain stores include and source file dependencies. This information is used during the make process to build only those files that have changed. 3. Optionally, incremental retranslations are performed when global optimizing is enabled. 4. The Build page of the output window lists tool information during the code generation. Double-click on error messages to correct syntax errors in the program. Errors are correctly located even after insert or delete source lines.
Break points 1. Vision2 allows to set program breakpoints while writing source text. Simply the buttons on the editor toolbar are used to mark the breakpoints on source lines. 2. After making the program, the Debugger with the debug toolbar button. 3. Breakpoints that are set while editing are activated in our debugging session. Vision2 marks the status of the source lines in the attributes column of the editor window. This provides a quick overview of the current breakpoint settings.
Utilities Vision2 contains many powerful functions that helps to complete projects on time. For example, the Find in files dialog performs a text search in all specified files. The search results are displayed in the Find in Files page of the Output window. This feature is used to locate all uses of a function or variable.
Code Execution 1. The buttons on the toolbar are used to step through application program. 2. The run button executes code until a breakpoint is reached. 3. When Trace Recording is enabled, the Show traced records button lists the last 1024 instructions that were executed. Trace recording allows analyzing the program flow prior to a breakpoint. Simulator
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter Peripheral Simulation Vision2 simulates the on-chip peripherals of numerous microcontrollers. When a CPU is selected from the device database to configure the project, Vision2 automatically configures the peripheral simulator. With its logical and timing simulation, it is possible to test an application before the target hardware is even available. The simulator makes it easy to test hardware defects and critical situations which are difficult to debug with real hardware.
CHAPTER 5 . CONCLUSION
This paper has presented a new WIWO dcdc converter, which is an integration of buck and boost converters with coupled inductors. The paper described WIWO principles of operation and offers a comprehensive summary of WIWO analytical characteristics. Simulation and experimental results were also reported. A modified PWM modulator scheme required to make the converter work coherently was also suggested. A prototype WIWO dcdc converter was built and tested. The converter demonstrated in practice the WIWO dcdc conversion ratio. The new converter topology has several advantages. The WIWO retains the features of both the buck and the boost converters; however, it achieves wider step-up and wider step-down dcdc conversion range. The WIWO converter can operate with an input source with broadly varying voltage or, alternatively, feed loads with variable operating voltage such as dc motors. The converter has a simple structure and moderate component count. The advantageous buck feature allows turning off the output voltage on demand. WIWO is also inherently capable of limiting the inrush current and can protect the output in the case of a short circuit. Due to the nonlinear characteristics, WIWO can avoid operating at extreme duty cycle. As a result, WIWO efficiency remains high even throughout large input voltage swing. The transition
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Wide Input Wide Output Dc-Dc Converter between the operating modes is inherently smooth, and causes no transient disturbance in the average current. Among the disadvantages of WIWO is the coupled inductor whose leakage causes oscillation and high voltage spike across the switches. Clamp circuits are needed to clamp voltage spikes upon switches, so as to recycle the leakage energy. Another disadvantage of WIWOs is that small-signal transfer functions include an RHP zero, and therefore, WIWO is some- what difficult to stabilize using a single voltage loop. To resolve the dynamic problem, current loop should be employed, which is a good practice in any case. An additional disadvantage is that WIWO does not provide isolation. This, however, may not be much of a problem in systems with multiple stages. Modifications of the WIWO to synchronous WIWO dcdc converter, bidirectional WIWO dcdc converter, and WIWO dcdc converter for PFC are possible. Numerous advantages indicate WIWO as a viable candidate for many industrial applications.
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