POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS

• US 20150145492A1
• Filed: 01/28/2015
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Takahashi, Hideyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,214,863 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 323/271
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 17/02 Arrangements in which the value to be measured is automatically compared with a reference value
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/10 Complex mathematical operations function generation by table look-up G06F1/03; evaluation of elementary functions by calculation G06F7/544
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0012 Control circuits using digital or numerical techniques in DC/DC converters H02M3/157, H02M3/33515; in DC-AC converters H02M7/53873
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/157 with digital control
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/158 including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load

Abstract

A power supply control apparatus includes a first adder configured to generate a difference signal based on a target value and a feedback signal; a compensator having a first transfer function Wc(z) and configured to generate a control signal based on the difference signal; a control target having a second transfer function Wp(z) and configured to output an output signal generated in response to the control signal; a disturbance canceller having a third transfer function {l+Wc(z)·Wp(z)}/{Wc(z)·Wp(z)} and configured to generate a disturbance cancelling signal based on the output signal corresponding to a control amount y; a second adder configured to generate a differential disturbance signal based on an output of the first adder and the disturbance cancelling signal; and a filter circuit which generates the feedback signal based on the differential disturbance signal.

Claims

1. A power supply control apparatus comprising:

a first adder configured to generate a difference signal based on a target value and a feedback signal;

a compensator having a first transfer function Wc(z) and configured to generate a control signal based on the difference signal;

a control target having a second transfer function Wp(z) and configured to output an output signal generated in response to said control signal;

a disturbance canceller having a third transfer function {1+Wc(z)·

Wp(z)}/{Wc(z)·

Wp(z)} and configured to generate a disturbance cancelling signal based on the output signal corresponding to a control amount y;

a second adder configured to generate a differential disturbance signal based on an output of said first adder and the disturbance cancelling signal; and

a filter circuit having a fourth transfer function K(z) and configured to generate the feedback signal based on the differential disturbance signal,

wherein said compensator receives the difference signal and the output signal and carries out a compensating operation based on the difference signal and the output signal such that the control amount y becomes equal to the target value, and

wherein said power supply control apparatus further comprises;

a step-down DC-DC (direct current to direct current) converter configured to input said control signal, generate an output voltage based on the inputted control signal and output the generated output voltage as said output signal,

an A/D (analog to digital) converter configured to receive said output voltage as said output signal, convert the received output voltage into a digital code and output the converted digital code; and

a controller configured to receive said digital code, generate a control output in response to the inputted digital code and output said control output as said control signal.

2. The power supply control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first transfer function is represented by the following equation:

3. The power supply control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said compensator and said control target are represented by a synthetic transfer function Wcp(z), and said synthetic transfer function Wcp(z) is represented by the following equation:

4. The power supply control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said disturbance canceller has a pole, which determines a main portion of a transient response, among poles possessed by the synthetic transfer function, and has a gain of 1.

5. The power supply control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said filter circuit has a transfer function represented by the following equation that includes an item having an accumulation coefficient Kz, and

6. The power supply control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein said step-down DC-DC converter comprises:

a pulse generating circuit configured to receive said control signal, convert the received control signal into a output pulse and output the converted output pulse;

a driver circuit configured to receive said output pulse, generate pulse signals with an on/off time ratio on a basis of the received output pulse and output the generated pulse signals; and

a switching circuit configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage on a basis of said pulse signals.

7. The power supply control apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein said switching circuit comprises:

a power supple configured to supply said input voltage;

a high-side switching element connected between a connection node and a high-side of said power supply and controlled by said pulse signals;

a low-side switching element connected between said connection node and a low side of said power supply and controlled by said pulse signals;

an LC smoothing filter, including an inductor, a resistor and a capacitor, connected to said connection node; and

a load resistor, connected in parallel to said capacitor, of which a voltage between both ends is outputted as said output voltage.