Performance Estimation of Tristate DC-DC Buck Converter With Fixed Frequency and Constant Switching Hysteresis Control

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ABSTRACT

The paper proposes the operation of the tristate dc-dc buck converter with hysteretic current-mode control scheme. The
hysteretic controlled converters response to disturbances and load change right after the transient take place and they give
excellent transient performance. It does not require the closed loop compensation network and results with a lesser component
count and small size in implementation. Hence, hysteretic control is considered as the simplest and fastest control method. The
dc-dc buck converter employing current hysteresis control scheme is given in thesis. The result shows that hysteresis control
converters have inherently fast response and they are robust with simple design and implementation. A hysteretic current
control technique for a tri-state buck converter operating in constant switching frequency is designed and its behavior is studied
by making the use of essential tools of sliding mode control theory because dc-dc buck converter is a variable structure system
due to the presence of switching actions. The principle of operation of tristate dc-dc buck converter is explained. The converter
response is investigated in the steady-state region and in the dynamic region. The problem of variable switching frequency is
eliminated without using any compensating ramp.

Keywords: Hysteresis control, Dc-dc buck converter, variable structure system.

1. INTRODUCTION:
The use of hysteretic controllers for low voltage regulators used in computer and communication systems has been
gaining interest due its various advantages. Advantages of this control approach includes fast response and robust with
simple design and implementation. They do not require components for feedback loop compensation [6]-[8]. This
reduces the number of components and size of theoretical analysis for implementation and also reduces the design
effort for calculating the circuit component values (like inductor, capacitor, and input voltage). They response to
disturbances and load change right after the transient takes place. Hence they give excellent transient performances.
While the elimination of the compensation network allows for fast responses to transient, the hysteresis controlled
converter suffers from two major drawbacks: variable switching frequency and non zero steady-state error. Non zero
steady-state error may be rectified by adding a PI block in series with the voltage feedback. Also, the output voltage
ripple is higher than the fixed band of hysteresis comparator. That is because of delays and output filter parasitic
element. The application of nonlinear control theory can be used for study and analysis of hysteretic controlled
converters for alleviating the above mentioned problems. This way of analysis gives a better idea for proper design
method [6]. The hysteresis controllers react immediately after the load transient takes place. Hence the advantages of
hysteretic control over other control technique include simplicity, do not require feedback loop compensation, fast
response to load transient. However, the main factors need to be considered in case of hysteresis control are variable
switching frequency operation and stability analysis. The different types of hysteresis controller are hysteretic voltage-
mode controller, V2 controller, and hysteretic current-mode controllers. The current hysteresis control incorporates
both the advantages of hysteresis control and current mode control. It can be implemented using two loop control
method. The error between the actual output voltage and reference voltage gives the error voltage. A PI control block
can use the voltage error signal to provide a reference current for hysteresis control. This is also called sliding mode
control for dc-dc converter. Therefore, the current mode hysteretic controller can be considered as a sliding mode
control system and the analysis of hysteretic controller can be done as per sliding mode control theory. The essential
tools of this nonlinear control theory can be introduced for the study of the behavior of hysteresis controller.
Therefore, the motivation of this thesis is to improve the performance of a dc-dc buck converter through controller
improvements. Hence, this thesis focused on the design and analysis of a fixed frequency hysteretic current mode
Performance Estimation Of Tristate DC-DC
Buck Converter With Fixed Frequency and
Constant Switching Hysteresis Control

Srikant Misra
1
, Debasis Mahapatra
2
and Sujit Kumar Patro
3

1
Asst. Professor in GIET,Gunupur ,BPUT,ODISHA, INDIA
2
Asst. Professor in VITAM,Berhampur ,BPUT, ODISHA, INDIA
3
Asst. Professor in GIET,Gunupur ,BPUT, ODISHA, INDIA



controller with improved performance for dc-dc buck converter circuit. The problem of switching frequency variation is
alleviated with simplicity in controller design.
2. DC/DC Converters
The DC-DC converters can be divided into two main types : hard-switching pulse width modulated (PWM) converters
and resonant and soft-switching converters. Advantages of PWM converters include low component count, high
efficiency, constant frequency operation, relatively simple control and commercial availability of integrated circuit
controllers, and ability to achieve high conversion ratios for both step-down and step-up applications. The circuit
diagram of the DC/DC buck converter is shown in Figure 1. In this figure, the circuit schematic is depicted with the
transistor-diode symbols. By sensing of the DC output and controlling of the switch duty cycle in a negative-feedback
loop, the DC output voltage could be regulated against input line and output load changes.

FIG 01 DC-DC BUCK CONVERTER
3. The State-Space Model of Buck Converter
To obtain the differential equations describing the buck converter, the ideal topology is used as shown in Figure-
02.The differential equations describing the DC/DC buck converter dynamics are obtained through the direct
application of Kirchhoffs current and Kirchhoffs voltage laws for each one of the possible circuit topologies arising
from the assumed particular switch position function value. Thus, when the switch position function exhibits the value
=1, we obtain the topology corresponding to the non conducting mode for the diode obtained. Alternatively, when
the switch position exhibits the value =0, the second possible circuit topology corresponding to the conducting mode
for the diode is obtained.

FIG 02 Switching operation of DC-DC Buck converter

The system dynamics is described by the following differential equations.
For =1,
di
L v E
dt
dv v
C i
dt R
= +
=
1
For =0,
di
L v
dt
dv v
C i
dt R
=
=
2

By comparing the obtained particular dynamic systems descriptions, the following unified dynamic system model can
be obtained:
di
L v uE
dt
dv v
C i
dt R
= +
=
.3


4. Variable Frequency Hysteretic Controllers
The hysteretic controlled converters with variable switching frequency are segregated into two categories voltage
hysteretic controller and current hysteretic controller. the voltage hysteretic controller regulates the output voltage
ripple within the hysteretic band. Similarly, a current hysteretic controller directly regulates the inductor current of the
converter by regulating the inductor ripple or a scaled version of it within the hysteretic band.
4.1 Hysteretic Voltage-Mode Controller
Hysteretic voltage-mode control is the simplest control method available. The concept of operation is very simple. The
switch is turned on, when the output voltage falls below minimum set point (i.e., lower boundary) and turns off when
output voltage is higher than maximum set point (i.e., upper boundary). Since the controller does not use a
compensation network, the converter is able to react quickly to a transient event making it seem like a perfect solution
for voltage regulator modules. However, the drawback of the voltage-mode hysteretic controller is its reliance on the
converters output capacitor parasitic. A block diagram of voltage hysteretic controlled converter is illustrated in Figure
3.

Figure 3: voltage hysteresis control
4.2 Hysteretic Current-Mode Controller
Hysteretic current-mode control functions by controlling both the peak inductor current and the valley inductor current.
It does not require an external oscillator or sawtooth generator for operation and it has the ability to provide a fast
response to a transient event. Figure 4 illustrates a block diagram of a current-mode hysteretic controlled dc-dc
converter.

Figure 4: Hysteretic CM controlled buck converter
5. Constant Switching Frequency Current-mode Hysteretic Controller
In this section, a new control topology, which includes the concept of SM control and peak current mode control is
proposed. Therefore the essential tools of the nonlinear control theory can be introduced for the study of this hysteresis
controller. The proposed control scheme is actually a fixed frequency hysteretic current mode controller for dc-dc buck
converter that operates in pseudo-CCM (PCCM). In PCCM operation, the conventional buck converter circuit is
modified by connecting an extra of switch across the inductor. This divides the total switching cycle into three
subintervals which is termed as PCCM. The converter with this additional third interval is also known as tristate
converter. Thus, the new control approach provides the advantages that are simple in implementation, fixed switching
frequency operation, good transient performances and does not require a compensating ramp signal.
6. Basic Concept of Operation
The operation of the tristate dc-dc buck converter with hysteretic current-mode control scheme is discussed in this
section. Figure 5 shows the tristate buck converter topology. It consists of two controlled switches S
1
and S
2
, an
uncontrolled switch D, an inductor L and a capacitor C , a load resistance R . Switch S
2
is the additional switch which
is connected across the inductor. The operation of the tristate converter includes three different configuration or


structures that are show in figure 6. At the start of the clock period, the switch S
1
is turned on and the switch S
2
is
turned off. During this interval (mode 1), inductor current increases with a slope of in o
v v
L
| |
|
\ .
.When
L
i reaches a peak
value (upper bound),
1
S turns off. Then,
L
i starts falling with a slope of
0
v
L
| |
|
\ .
until it reaches some lower threshold.
This interval is denoted as mode 2. During this interval, diode is forward biased and both switch S
1
and S
2
are are
turned off. When the inductor current reaches lower threshold, it stays constant at lower boundary, because the switch
S
2
shorts the inductor L and voltage across the voltage across the inductor is thus equal to zero. During this interval S
2

is turned on while S
1
and diode are off. This is the additional interval, denoted as mode 3.The inductor current
waveform showing the switch conditions for a tristate buck converter is shown in figure 7. All the circuit components
are assumed to be ideal in the derivations.

Figure 5: A tristate buck converter configuration

( mode 1
1
( )
S
DT ) ( mode 2
2
( )
S
D T )

( mode 2
3
( )
S
DT )
Figure 6: A tristate buck converter in three modes

These three modes of operation can be described as follows:
Mode 1: when
1
S is on and,
2
S is off, the state space equation of buck converter is derived as
1 1
0
1
1
0
in
dx
RC C
x v
dt
L
L
(
(
(
(
= + (
(
(

(

4
where
0
[ ]
T
L
x v i = ,
0
v is the output voltage,
L
i is the inductor current.
Mode 2: when
1
S and
2
S both are off, the equation is derived as,
1 1
0
0 1
0
in
dx RC C
x v
dt
L
(
(
(
= + (
(
(
(

..5
Mode 3: when
1
S is off, and
2
S is on, the state-space equation is
1 1
0
0
0 0
in
dx
x v RC C
dt
(
(
(
= +
(
(

.6



Figure 7 : Inductor current waveform of tristate buck converter showing the switch
conditions
7. Mathematical Analysis of Proposed Controller
The operation of a hysteretic current-mode controller for tristate dc-dc buck converter is proposed and the schematic
diagram of proposed controller is shown figure 8 .

Figure 8 : Schematic diagram of the hysteretic controller for tristate buck converter

The digital logic blocks generates required switching pulses for controlling the switches
1
S and
2
S . This block
consists of two SR flip-fops and some logic gates that can be shown in figure 9.

Figure 9 : Schematic diagram of pulse generator circuit

The state-space description of the system in terms of the desired control variables (i.e.,voltage, current etc) is
developed. The proposed current controller employs both the output voltage error
1
x and the inductor current
2
x as the
controlled state variables, which are expressed as
1
2
ref ref
L
x v v
x i
=
7

where
L
i represent the inductor current,
0
v and
ref
v represent the output voltage and reference voltage respectively.
Here the switching state of the switch is either 1 or 0.
Then by taking the derivative of (7) with respect to time,
0
1
2
L
dv
x
dt
di
x
dt
-
-
=
=
..8
Considering the buck converter when the switch
1
S is on,
2
S off


0
L
in
di
L v v
dt
=
.9
0 c
L
dv v
i C
dt R
= +
10
Substituting equation (8)
1 1 2
2 1
1 1
1
ref
ref
v
x x x
RC C RC
v
x x
L L
-
-
= +
=
.11
The dynamics of the converter circuit in mode 3, when
2
S is on,
1
S is off, can be expressed as,
0
L
di
L
dt
= ..12
0 c
L
dv v
i C
dt R
= +
.13
Since in this mode of operation, inductor current stays at a constant value, so we get the derivative of a constant value
is zero. By substituting equation (8) into equation (12) and (13) results in,
1 1
1
x x
RC
-
=
.14
2
0 x
-
= .15
As studied from the previous discussion that the basic principles of a hysteresis control is based on the two hysteresis
bands (upper and lower bands), whereby the controller turns the switch on when the output current falls below the
lower band and turns the switch off when output is beyond the upper bound. The switching action can be determined in
the following way,
1. If
L
i <lower bound, u = 1 (ON)
2. If
L
i >upper bound, u = 0 (OFF) , where u is the control input.
8. Model including parasitic elements
The influence of parasitic elements on the converter behavior is not yet discussed. Therefore the circuit including the
parasitic elements is given below. The tristate buck converter circuit consists of parasitic elements in the switches
(
1
r and
2
r ), the capacitor (
c
r ),the inductor (
L
r ) and the diode (
d
r ) are shown in figure 10.

Figure 10 : Model of tristate buck converter with all parasitic elements

The three modes of operation can be described as follows:
Mode 1: when
1
S is on and
2
S is off, the state space equation of buck converter is derived as
1
1
0
( ) ( )
1
1
( )
( ) ( )
c c
in
c
L
c c
R
C R r C R r
dx
x v
dt Rr R
r r L
L R r L R r
(
( (
+ +
( (
= +
( ( | |
+ + ( |
+ +
( \ .
16
Where [ ]
T
c L
x v i = ,
L
i is the inductor current,
c
v is the output voltage.
Mode 2: when
1
S and,
2
S both are off, the equation is derived as,


1
( ) ( )
0
0 1
( )
( ) ( )
c c
in
c
d L
c c
R
C R r C R r
dx
x v
dt Rr R
r r
L R r L R r
(
(
+ +
(
(
= +
(
(
| |

+ + ( |
+ +
( \ .
17
Mode 3: when
1
S is off, and
2
S is on, the state-space equation is
2
1
0
0
( )
0
0
c
in
L
C R r dx
x v
dt
r r
L
(
(
( +
( = +
(
+ (

(

18
9. Simulation Results
In this subsection, based on the above proposed hysteretic current control method, the simulation studies have been
performed on a dc-dc buck converter under steady-state and also under dynamic conditions of line and load variations.
The buck converter parameters chosen for the simulation studies are input voltage 20 V
in
v = , desired output voltage
0
5 V v = , inductance 3 L mH = ,capacitance 69 F C = ,minimum load resistance
min
10 R = O,maximum load
resistance
max
15 R = O,voltage reduction factor
1
0.8 k = ,proportional gain 2
p
k = ,delta 0.003 A = and current
sensing gain 3 k = O.The switching frequency
s
f is set to 100 kHz. A simple proportional controller is considered
here. The simulations are done using MATLAB/SIMULINK.

Figure 11 : Start-up transient performance of the converter with the proposed controller

Figure 12: The proposed current hysteretic controller operating principle


Figure 13: Transient response for change in load from 15 to 10 and back to 15

Figure 14: Output voltage response from load transient 10 to 15

Figure 15: Load transient response from 15 to 10

Figure 16: Load transient response from 15 to 10 for conventional current hysteretic control method

From figure 15 and 16, it is seen that in case conventional current hysteretic control method the switching frequency is
not constant (
1 2
T T =
) when load is varied. But for the proposed control technique we are getting a fixed switching
frequency (
1 2
T =T
) when load varies.

Figure 17: phase plane diagram


Figure 18: Magnified view showing the phase trajectory and hysteresis band

Figure 19 : The output voltage ripple and inductor current ripple in steady state operation by considering the effect of
parasitic elements
10. Conclusion
In this chapter, the principle and operation of different types of hysteresis controllers are discussed. The effectiveness of
hysteretic controller for faster transient response is described through the simulation results. The main problem
associated with these conventional hysteretic controlled converters is variable switching frequency operation. Thus a
constant switching frequency hysteretic controller is proposed. The controller is of current-mode operation. The
proposed controller is simple in design and implementation without the use of compensating ramp circuit. The steady
state and transient responses are presented. The result shows good performances.

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BIOGRAPHY

Srikant Misra received his M. Tech Degree in Power Electronics and Drives from GIET, Gunupur under BPUT UG
From BPUT. A life time member of ISTE,SESI,IAENG,IAEME. He working as a Asst. professor in EEE Department
at Gandhi institute of engineering & Technology. He is having overall more thane 7 years experiences in Industrial
and teaching fields. His interest areas are Renewable power system and Power Electronics

Debasis Mahapatro received his M. Tech Degree in Power Systems from NIST, Berhampur under BPUT UG from
BPUT. He working as a Asst. professor in EEE Department at Vignan Institute of Technology and Management. He is
having overall more than 5 years experiences teaching fields. His interest areas are Power systems, FACTS and Power
electronics.

Sujit Kumar Patro received his M. Tech Degree in Power Electronics and Drives from NIST, Berhampur
under BPUT UG From BPUT. He working as a Asst. professor in EEE Department at Gandhi institute of
engineering & Technology. He is having overall more thane 3 years experiences teaching fields. His
interest areas are power system and Power Electronics

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