The power supply designers choose flyback topology due to its promising features of design simplicity, cost effectiveness and multiple outputs handling capability. The designed product based on flyback topology should be smaller in size, cost effective and energy efficient. Similarly, designers focus on reducing the circuit losses while operating at high frequencies that affect the converter efficiency and performance. Based on the above circumstances, an energy efficient open loop high frequency flyback converter is designed and operated in MHz frequency region using step down multilayer PCB planar transformer. The maximum efficiency of 84.75% is observed and maximum output power level reached is 22.8W. To overcome the switching losses, quasi-resonant soft switching technique is adopted and a high voltage CoolMOS power transistor is used.

Primarily because of its low cost and ease of implementation, analogue control has been the dominant control strategy in modern switch-mode power supply designs. The 'on/off' nature of power switches is essentially digital, which makes it tempting for power elec- tronics engineers to combine the emerging capability of digital technologies with existing switch-mode power supply designs. Whereas an analogue controller is usually cheaper to implement, it lacks the flexibility and capacity to implement the complex control func- tions which a digital controller can offer. The research presented in this thesis addresses the practical implementation of a digi- tal controller for a Series-Loaded Resonant Converter (SLR). The resonant frequency of the SLR converter is around 60 kHz, and the switching frequency varies up to around 80 kHz to regulate the 12V dc output voltage across a 100W, variable resistive load, from a variable 46.6V 60.2V input voltage. This provides a fair challenge for digital waveform generators as the digital processor needs to have a high clock rate to produce high speed, high resolution and linearly varying frequency square waves, to regulate the output volt- age with adequate resolution. Digital compensation algorithms also need to be efficient to minimise the phase lag caused by the instruction overhead. In order to completely understand the control needs of the SLR converter, an analogue controller was constructed using a UC3863N. The feedback compensation consists of an error amplifier in an integrator configuration. Digital control is accomplished with a TMS320F2812 Digital Signal Processor (DSP). Its high throughput of 150 MIPS provides sufficient resolution to digitally generate linearly varying frequency switching signals util- ising Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS). Time domain analysis of the switching signals, shows that the DDS generated square iv ABSTRACT waves display evidence of jitter to minute variations in pulse-widths caused by the digi- tisation process, while in the frequency domain, this jitter displays itself as additional sidebands that deteriorate the fundamental frequency of the switching signal. Overall, DDS generated square waves are shown experimentally to be adequate as control signals for the MOSFET power switches. Experiments with step load changes show the digi- tal controller is able to regulate the output voltage properly, with the drawback of the settling time being a little longer than the analogue counterpart, possibly caused by the unpredictable damping effects of switching signal jitter. Variations in input voltage shows that the digital controller excels at operating under noisier conditions, while the analogue controlled output has slightly greater noise as input voltage is increased. As the digital technology continues to improve its speed, size and capacity, as well as becoming more affordable, it will not be long before it becomes the leading form of control circuitry in power supplies.

Dynamic properties of soils (shear stiffness and damping ratio) are critical for the design of structures subjected to vibrations. The dynamic properties of a benchmark standardized laboratory sand (Ottawa silica sand) were evaluated with two different resonant column devices, utilising software with different analytical approaches for the evaluation of soil properties. The dynamic properties (shear modulus and damping ratio) are evaluated as a function of the shear strain level. The results are compared to evaluate the effect of the type of equipment and the form of the data analysis on the measured dynamic properties of the samples. The results are discussed in light of the applicability of the procedures in practice, the ease of the testing methods, and the errors they introduced into analysis and design. In general, the shear wave velocities obtained from the two different devices are in good agreement. However, the damping ratios they give show considerable differences as strains increase. Dynamic properties are typically measured by curve fitting of the transfer function between the excitation and the response using the resonant column device. However, the force function generated by sinusoidal sweep or random noise excitations induce different shear strain levels at different frequencies. Consequently, the shape of the measured transfer function is distorted and differs from the theoretical transfer function for an equivalent single-degree-of-freedom system. The difference between the measured and theoretical transfer functions as well as the bias in the computed dynamic properties becomes more pronounced with the increase in shear strain. This study presents a new methodology for the evaluation of dynamic properties from an equivalent constant-strain transfer function. The soil specimen is excited simultaneously using a sinusoidal excitation (carrier signal) at the required strain level and a small amplitude, narrow band random noise. The strain level induced by the fixed sine is shown to control the resonant frequency of the specimen; whereas the random noise introduces the required frequency bandwidth to determine the transfer function and hence the dynamic properties at a constant strain level. The new methodology also shows a good potential for the evaluation of frequency effects on the dynamic properties of soils in resonant column testing.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1991. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [28-30]).

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1997. / Thesis advisors, Richard W. Adler, Jovan E. Lebaric. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45). Also available online.

Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. / Bibliography: p. 26-27.

Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60). Also available in electronic version.

With the fast development of communication systems, computers and consumer electronics, the power supplies for telecoms, servers, desktops, laptops, flat-panel TVs, LED lighting, etc. are required for more power delivery with smaller spaces. The LLC resonant converter has been widely adopted for these applications due to the advantages in high efficiency, high power density and holdup time operation capability. However, unlike PWM converters, the control of the LLC resonant converter is much more difficult because of the fast dynamic characteristic of the resonant tank. In some highly dynamic processes like the load transient, start-up, over-load protection and burst operation, it is hard to control the current and voltage stresses and oscillations in the resonant tank. Moreover, to meet the high power density requirement, the LLC is required to operate at a high switching frequency. Thus the driving of the synchronous rectifier (SR) poses a design challenge as well. To analyze the fast dynamic characteristic, a graphic state-plane technique has been adopted for a class of resonant converters. In this work, it has been extended to the LLC resonant converter. First of all, the LLC steady state and dynamic behaviors are analyzed in the state plane. After that, a simplified implementation of the optimal trajectory control is proposed to significantly improve the load transient response: the new steady state can be tracked in the minimal period of time. With the advantages of the state-trajectory analysis and digital control, the LLC soft start-up is optimized as well. The current and voltage stress is limited in the resonant tank during the start-up process. The output voltage is built up quickly and smoothly. Furthermore, the LLC burst mode is investigated and optimized in the state plane. Several optimal switching patterns are proposed to improve the light load efficiency and minimize the dynamic oscillations. During the burst on-time, the LLC can be controlled to track the steady state of the best efficiency load condition in one-pulse time. Thus, high light-load efficiency is accomplished. Finally, an intelligent SR driving scheme is proposed and its simple digital implementation is introduced. By sensing the SR drain to source voltage and detecting the paralleled body diode conduction, the SR gate driving signal can be tuned within all operating frequency regions. In conclusion, this work not only solves some major academic problems about analysis and control of the LLC resonant converter based on the graphic state plane, but also makes significant contributions to the industry by improving the LLC transient responses and overall efficiency. / Ph. D.

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