Boost dc-to-dc converters have very good source interface properties. The input inductor makes the source current smooth and hence these converters provide very good EMI performance. On account of this good property, the boost converter is also the preferred converter for off-line UPF rectifiers. One of the issues of concern in these converters is the large size of the storage capacitor on the dc link. The boost converter suffers from the disadvantage of discontinuous current injected to the load. The size of the capacitor is therefore large. Further, the ripple current in the capacitor is as much as the load current; hence the ESR specification of the tank capacitor is quite demanding. This is specially so in the emerging application areas of automotive power conversion, where the input voltage is low (typically 12V) and large voltage boost (4 to 5) are desired. The first part of this thesis suggests multi-phase boost converter to overcome the disadvantages of large size storage capacitor in boost converter. Comparison between the specification of single stage and multi-stages is thoroughly examined. Besides the average small signal analysis of N converters in parallel and obtaining an equivalent second order system are discussed. By paralleling the converters the design of closed loop control is a demanding task. To achieve proper current sharing among the stages using current control method is inevitable. Design and implementation of closed loop control of multi-phase boost converter both in analog and digital is the topic of next part of the thesis. Comparison between these two approaches is presented in this part and it will be shown that digital control is more convenient for such a topology on account of the requirement of synchronization, phase shifted operation, current balancing and other desired functions, which will be discussed later in detail. A new direct digital control method, which is simple and fast, is developed. Two different realizations with DSP controller and FPGA controller are considered. In the last part of the thesis a novel soft switching circuit for boost converter is presented. It provides Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) for the main switch and Zero Current Switching (ZCS) for the auxiliary switch. The paper presents the idealized analysis giving all the circuit intervals and the equations necessary for the design of such a circuit. The proposed soft switching circuit is particularly suited for the tapped-inductor boost circuit with a minimum number of extra components. Extension of the method to tapped inductor boost converter addresses the application of Zero Voltage Transition (ZVT) to high conversion ratio converters. Extension of the method to multiphase boost converter shows that with less number of auxiliary switches soft switching operation can be achieved for all interleaved switching devices. Several laboratory prototype boost converters have been built to confirm the theoretical results and design methods are matching with both simulation and experimental results.

Ce mémoire de thèse s'inscrit dans le cadre du programme « avion plus électrique », il comprend deux parties.La première est consacrée à la présentation détaillée du contexte, c'est-à-dire du processus qui conduit à électrifier la plupart des systèmes présents dans l'avion, un exemple d'actionneur électromécanique spécifique, conçu dans ce cadre sera aussi détaillé notamment pour ce qui concerne son mode d'alimentation. La seconde partie, plus longue, est consacrée à différents processus de fiabilisation de structures d'électroniques de puissance. Du fait de l'électrification croissante de l'avion, ces structures vont se multiplier à bord, mais la fiabilité connue de ces dispositifs n'est pas apte à satisfaire aux exigences de l'aéronautique. Les processus de fiabilisation, dans leur majorité, sont orientés, en cas de panne, vers un isolement de la source du défaut, pour permettre un fonctionnement en mode dégradé, supporté par le système. Par ailleurs, un dispositif de sécurisation de bras d'onduleur est décrit : un sectionneur commandé à thyristors et fusible (SCTF2). Ce système permet d'isoler électriquement le bras d'onduleur victime d'un défaut au sein d'un onduleur triphasé. L'emplacement de prédilection du SCTF2 est la connexion bras d'onduleur et bus continu d'alimentation. Les simulations de ce système de fiabilisation sont menées sur PSIM. Ce mémoire propose des modélisations approchées, pour l'outil de CAO adopté, des composants IGBT et fusibles, lorsque ces derniers sont soumis à un régime de courant extrême (court-circuit). / This manuscript of thesis was written in two parts for the "More Electric Aircraft" program. The first part presents in great detail the context of the thesis that is (i.e) the processes which allow electrifying the most of classic aircraft-systems. In this part, an example of special electromechanical actuator build in the More Electric aircraft program will be presented with meticulous care, in particular its command and supply systems. The second part, more extensive, is devoted to various solutions which improve the reliability of the power-electric systems. With the growth of the electrification of the aircrafts, several solutions of this kind will be multiplicated on board, but today most of these solutions haven't the reliability intended to the aeronautical applications. For the most part, the reliability processes consist in isolating the origins of a breakdown, in order that the system can continue to work in a debased mode. In addition, a system which protects inverter's legs is described; it's a controlled circuit breaker which uses thyristors and fuses (SCTF2). This system of reliability allows electrical isolating of faulty inverter's leg in a three phase inverter. The preferential position of a SCTF2 is the connexion between inverter's leg and the DC bus. Simulations of the SCTF2 are done on PSIM software. For PSIM, this manuscript poposes some approximative modelisations of the components like IGBT and fuse when they are subjected to a dangerous high-current (short-circuit).

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