Predictive digital current controllers for switching power converters
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1. A method for producing a stable output voltage for a switching power converter under predictive digital current control and using pulse width modulation, said method comprising:
- selecting one of peak current control and average current control as said predictive digital current control;
selecting one of leading edge pulse width modulation or triangular pulse width modulation as said pulse width modulation; and
controlling said switching power converter according to said selected current control and said selected pulse width modulation to produce said stable output voltage.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for producing a controlled output voltage for a switching power converter under current control using pulse width modulation, the switching power converter including a predictive digital current-mode controller and a digital pulse width modulator. The current control results in an unstable output voltage, and the pulse width modulation method is selected to eliminate the instability of the output voltage.
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1. A method for producing a stable output voltage for a switching power converter under predictive digital current control and using pulse width modulation, said method comprising:
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selecting one of peak current control and average current control as said predictive digital current control; selecting one of leading edge pulse width modulation or triangular pulse width modulation as said pulse width modulation; and controlling said switching power converter according to said selected current control and said selected pulse width modulation to produce said stable output voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for producing a continued output voltage for a switching power converter under predictive digital current control and using pulse width modulation, said method comprising:
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selecting one of a peak current control and an average current control as said predictive digital current control that results in an unstable output voltage; selecting one of a leading-edge pulse width modulation and a triangular pulse width modulation as said pulse width modulation; and controlling said switching power converter according to said selected current control and said selected pulse width modulation to eliminate said instability in said output voltage. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for producing a controlled output voltage for a switching power converter under predictive digital current control and using pulse width modulation, said method comprising:
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selecting one of a peak current control and an inherently unstable average current control as said predictive digital current control resulting in an unstable output voltage; selecting one of a leading-edge pulse width modulation and a triangular pulse width modulation as said pulse width modulation to eliminate said instability in said output voltage;
whereinsaid predictive digital current control comprises;
sampling an input current at the beginning of each next switching cycle; andpredicting a next duty cycle of a pulsating control signal to generate a next duty cycle control signal; and said pulse modulation comprises applying said next duty cycle control signal to a pulse width modulation signal corresponding to said selected one of said leading-edge pulse width modulation and said triangular pulse width modulation to generate said pulsating control signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A switching power converter for controlling an output voltage under current control using pulse width modulation comprising:
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a predictive digital current-mode controller under one of a peak current control and an average current control for predicting a next duty cycle of a pulsating control signal and generating a control signal in said switching power converter; and a pulse width modulator for producing said pulsating control signal by applying said control signal to one of a leading-edge pulse width modulation and a triangular pulse width modulation to produce a stable output voltage from said switching power converter. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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