Adaptive digital control of power factor correction front end
First Claim
1. A method of adaptively controlling a power supply, the method comprising:
- a. configuring a switching mode power supply to include a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, a primary side circuit under control of a primary side controller and a secondary side circuit under control of a secondary side controller, wherein the primary side controller controls the primary side circuit using a control algorithm that includes control loop parameters;
b. setting the control loop parameters to default control loop parameter values;
c. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values;
d. adjusting the control loop parameters;
e. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters;
f. comparing the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters to the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values to determine a lowest line current total harmonic distortion;
g. setting optimized control loop parameters using the control loop parameters corresponding to the lowest line current total harmonic distortion; and
h. executing the control algorithm using the optimized control loop parameters.
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Abstract
A method is directed to providing adaptive digital control for the PFC front-end of a switching mode power supply. The method uses an evaluation model to adjust control loop parameters of a control algorithm used by a controller on the primary side of the power supply. The method performs a series of step adjustments of the control loop parameter values to determine optimized values. In some implementations, the method determines and compares the line current THD corresponding to different control loop parameter values. The method provides simplified digital control loop design, optimizes PFC front-end performance, improves system efficiency by decreasing harmonic ripples, and reduces labor cost and time to market due to shorter research and development phase. System performance optimization is fully adaptive adjusted for changes in operating conditions due to, for example, environmental and temperature variations.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of adaptively controlling a power supply, the method comprising:
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a. configuring a switching mode power supply to include a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, a primary side circuit under control of a primary side controller and a secondary side circuit under control of a secondary side controller, wherein the primary side controller controls the primary side circuit using a control algorithm that includes control loop parameters; b. setting the control loop parameters to default control loop parameter values; c. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values; d. adjusting the control loop parameters; e. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters; f. comparing the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters to the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values to determine a lowest line current total harmonic distortion; g. setting optimized control loop parameters using the control loop parameters corresponding to the lowest line current total harmonic distortion; and h. executing the control algorithm using the optimized control loop parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of adaptively controlling a power supply, the method comprising:
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a. configuring a switching mode power supply to include a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, a primary side circuit under control of a primary side controller and a secondary side circuit under control of a secondary side controller, wherein the primary side controller controls the primary side circuit using a control algorithm that includes control loop parameters; b. setting the control loop parameters to default control loop parameter values; c. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values; d. adjusting the control loop parameters; e. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters; f. comparing the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters to the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values to determine a lowest line current total harmonic distortion; g. setting improved control loop parameters using the control loop parameters corresponding to the lowest line current total harmonic distortion; h. performing one or more iterations of adjusting the improved control loop parameters for a present iteration, determining a resulting line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the present iteration, comparing the resulting line current total harmonic distortion of the present iteration to the determined line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the improved control loop parameters of a previous iteration, and resetting the improved control loop parameters using the control loop parameters corresponding to the lowest line current total harmonic distortion, wherein the one or more iterations are repeated until an optimized criteria is achieved and the improved control loop parameters are set as optimized control loop parameters; and i. executing the control algorithm using the optimized control loop parameters. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for adaptively controlling a power supply, the apparatus comprising:
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a. a switching mode power supply comprising a transformer having a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit; and b. a primary side controller configured to control the primary side circuit using a control algorithm that includes control loop parameters, wherein the control algorithm is configured to; i. setting the control loop parameters to default control loop parameter values; ii. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values; iii. adjusting the control loop parameters; iv. determining line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters; v. comparing the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the adjusted control loop parameters to the line current total harmonic distortion corresponding to the default control loop parameter values to determine a lowest line current total harmonic distortion; vii. setting optimized control loop parameters using the control loop parameters corresponding to the lowest line current total harmonic distortion; and viii. executing the control algorithm using the optimized control loop parameters. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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