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(+) Lengthening the usage time
of portable devices depends on the ability to increase the
conversion efficiency of a PWM DC/DC converter, which is
a critical index for converter performance. As non-
overlapping time of the control signal in the converter
switches significantly impacts the efficiency of DC/DC
converters, an excessive amount of time will increase the
r i ppl e of out put or gener at e a cur r ent spi ke.
Correspondingly, an insufficient amount of time lowers
efficiency or destroys the switches when turned on
simultaneously. Therefore, this work describes a
novel feedback control loop, capabl e of modifying
automatically the non-overlapping time when process,
temperature or supply voltage varies.
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A preliminary non-overlapping time is set. The control
signal of switches and node-voltage of LX are then
detected by a detection circuit, followed by shortening of
the non-overlapping time sequentially. Otherwise, the non-
overlapping time is increased if an insufficient time leads to
simultaneous turning on of the two switches.
Analysis results indicate that the proposed feedback
control loop increases power conversion efficiency by 1-3%.
In addition to reducing the extent to
which the ambient environment affects PWM Dc-to-Dc
converter, the proposed control loop increases product
yield.
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(+) Desi gni ng a current
controller without a slope compensator can increase
product applications. Whereas a current controller contains
a slope compensator to ensure that the duty cycle exceeds
0.5, variation among exterior components can lead to
insufficiency or excessiveness of the slope compensator,
subsequently incurring system instability. Therefore,
this work presents a novel current controller, capable of
enhancing dc-dc converter performance and simplifying
compensator design. Various ways in which the
electric current limits the current controller are analyzed.
Factors that influence compensator control are then
identified. Next, whether circuit design can consider the
entire electrical circuit is determined as well.
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Analytical results indicate that the
proposed current controller reduces the slope compensator,
subsequently increasing duty cycle applications by 50%.
Given its ability to reduce instability, the
proposed controller increases dc-dc converter stability and
widens the scope of applications for electric current
controllers, in which the inductance value yields change.
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