Control problem of a novel low‐voltage DC converter

• Sergey Ryvkin ^[1] ; Felix A. Himmelstoss ^[2]
  1. [1] Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences
  2. [2] University of Applied Science Technikum Wien
• Localización: Compel: International journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, ISSN 0332-1649, Vol. 32, Nº 1, 2013, págs. 220-232
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to design the control for a new type of DC converter that can be used in low voltage and low power DC drives, e.g. in cars and robots.

    Design/methodology/approach – Based on the theory of the switching systems, the existence condition of the limit cycle for the novel DC/DC converter is formulated.

    Findings – The feed forward control which realizes the limit cycle is designed. The first experimental results show that the designed control of the DC/DC converter is effective in solving the control problem of DC drives and allows the use of a low input voltage as power source for the standard DC drive.

    Originality/value – Today DC/DC converters play a key role in power conversion and distribution. The presented DC/DC converter has a very simple circuit and allows changing the output voltage in the wide range that is needed for the DC drive control.