CONTROL SYSTEM USING A NONLINEAR DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR WITH NONLINEAR PROCESS MODELING
First Claim
1. A signal processing system comprising:
- a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator, wherein;
the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator includes;
a loop filter;
a quantizer coupled to the loop filter; and
a feedback path coupled between the loop filter and the quantizer, wherein the feedback path includes a nonlinear feedback model that models nonlinearity of a nonlinear process of a power factor correction circuit.
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Abstract
A control system includes a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator, and the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator includes a nonlinear process model that models a nonlinear process in a signal processing system, such as a nonlinear plant. The nonlinear delta-sigma modulator includes a feedback model that models the nonlinear process being controlled and facilitates spectral shaping to shift noise out of a baseband in a spectral domain of a response signal of the nonlinear process. In at least one embodiment, the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator is part of a control system that controls power factor correction and output voltage of a switching power converter. The control system controls the pulse width and period of a control signal to control power factor correction and the output voltage level. In at least one embodiment, the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator generates a signal to control the pulse width of the control signal.
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24 Claims
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1. A signal processing system comprising:
a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator, wherein; the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator includes; a loop filter; a quantizer coupled to the loop filter; and a feedback path coupled between the loop filter and the quantizer, wherein the feedback path includes a nonlinear feedback model that models nonlinearity of a nonlinear process of a power factor correction circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of processing signals utilizing a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator configured to model nonlinearities of a nonlinear system process, the method comprising:
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generating a quantizer output signal; applying a nonlinear function to the quantizer output signal in a feedback loop of the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator to generate a feedback signal, wherein the nonlinear function models the nonlinearities of the nonlinear process; and combining the feedback signal with a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator input signal to generate a difference signal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A control system to provide a control signal to a nonlinear plant, wherein the nonlinear plant generates a response signal that is responsive to the control signal, the control system comprising:
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a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator, wherein; the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator includes; a loop filter; a quantizer coupled to the loop filter; and a feedback path coupled between the loop filter and the quantizer, wherein the feedback path includes a nonlinear feedback model that models nonlinearity of a nonlinear plant process of the nonlinear plant; and wherein, during operation, the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator is configured to generate a quantizer output signal to control at least one aspect of the control signal and the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator is configured to shape noise in a spectral domain of the response signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of controlling a nonlinear process, wherein the nonlinear process generates an output signal responsive to a control signal generated by a control system, the method comprising:
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receiving an input signal; spectrally shaping the input signal with a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator to shift noise out of a baseband of the nonlinear process output signal; generating a nonlinear delta-sigma modulator output signal having a value representing the spectral shaping of the input signal; and using the nonlinear delta-sigma modulator output signal to generate the control signal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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