Average Current Mode Control of Switching Power Electronic Converters.pdfVIP

AVERAGE CURRENT MODE CONTROL IN POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS – ANALOG VERSUS DIGITAL K. D. Purton * and R. P. Lisner** *Department of Electrical and Computer System Engineering, Monash University, Australia, and Switch Mode Power Conversion P/L, Melbourne, Australia **Department of Electrical and Computer System Engineering, Monash University, Australia Abstract This paper presents Average Current Mode Control ACMC as a general purpose, high- performance all-round control method for AC-DC conversion, DC-DC conversion, and DC- AC conversion including grid-feed inverters . A detailed examination of the typical analog circuit implementation and waveforms, based on simulations and experimental results, is used to explain how ACMC achieves superior performance. Several reported digital implementations are critically examined. Finally a hybrid analog-digital control implementation of ACMC is proposed. 1. INTRODUCTION “PWM Conductance Control” appears to be the first to Average Current Mode Control ACMC is typically a use the output of an “integrator-zero” compensated two loop control method inner loop, current; outer CEA and a linear ramp as inputs to the PWM loop, voltage for power electronic converters. Many comparator. This approach was developed of these applications have been in the higher switching commercially by Unitrode [4]. frequency, lower power segment up to 10kW, at The usual implementation of ACMC relies on analog 20kHz and above , but this is changing. A 30kW three operational amplifiers as error amplifiers, and makes phase inverter using analog ACMC has been reported use of wide-band sensing of the inductor current, to [1]. The main distinguishing feature of ACMC, as include both the AC and DC components. Figure 1 compared with