Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (p.109-113).

Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1925. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by author. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed September 15, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 13) and index (p. 14).

Thesis (M.S. in electrical engineering)--Washington State University, December 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).

M.Ing. / In this investigation charge balancing will be investigated from an Electro-Magnetic- Compatibility perspective. The primary sources of common mode Electro-Magnetic- Interference in switching converters are the switching nodes. This is mainly due to the parasitic capacitance between the switching node and the reference earth. Filtering components that are currently used take up a lot of valuable space resulting in the products overall size and cost to increase. Combating common mode current at the source will drastically reduce the size or the need for these large filters. This investigation will focus on a simple method of reducing common mode noise (produced by the switching node), of a two wire system, at the source by making use of a compensating winding which requires very little or no additional space; a buck converter will be used to illustrate the concept. The investigation will start with an overview of Electro-Magnetic-Interference and its components (common and differential mode noise). This investigation will deal with the measurement of common and differential mode noise as well as general Electro-Magnetic-Interference measurement. A design of the buck converter and its drive circuit will also be presented. Reducing the common mode noise by making use of charge balancing using planar inductors will then be presented. This investigation contains the theoretical analysis as well as experimental results to validate the theory. The experiments show encouraging results in using this technique to minimise common mode noise in switched-mode-power-supplies.

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar uma topologia de controle para a malha de tensão de um inversor para fontes de alimentação ininterruptas (UPS) com forma de onda senoidal na saída. É proposto um sistema de controle com duas malhas, uma de tensão com controlador ressonante e outra do tipo PI de corrente no qual a variável de controle é a corrente do capacitor de filtro de saída. Mais especificamente pretende-se estudar o problema de rastreamento de tensão nos inversores de UPS monofásicos, apresentando o estado da arte e uma classificação dos controladores que servem de solução para este problema específico. / This work analyses a uninterruptible power supply (UPS) inverter control scheme with sinusoidal output voltage. A two-loop control scheme is proposed; one voltage loop using a resonant controller and a PI current controller with the output capacitor filter current as control variable. A review on voltage tracking control in one-phase voltage source inverter is presented, showing the state of the art and a controller classification for this specific problem.

Finally, a four-channel SIMO converter with direct combination but optimal switching sequence for arbitrary converter sequence and converter type is presented. The theoretical optimal 1st-order inductor waveform from this proposed control algorithm is introduced. FCL is involved in this design to realize the algorithm. Moreover, a current-modulated ramp signal, which couples to different controllers, is included to compensate the original deep correlated power stages. By using all of the proposed techniques, Measurement results show that both conduction loss and dynamic loss can be suppressed because of the optimized switching sequence. The load transient response time is around 100mus. The peak efficiency is 89% with a 2.5-V power supply. A maximum output power of 1.66W can be achieved. / Firstly, a pseudo-PWM hysteresis voltage-mode buck converter is proposed. It achieves fast transient speed by the hysteresis control, estimable switching spectrum with a locking frequency and fast mode switching between PWM and PFM depending on the loading change. Measurement results show that the recovery time under the load transient is around 5mus, which is 5 times of the switching period. The boundary of the recovery time is defined by the value of the off-chip inductor. / Switching-mode power converter (SMPC) is an important circuit block in electronic systems. In the modem SMPC system, constant frequency voltage or current-mode control technique is commonly used. However, some limitations are raised due to some preliminary settings in the design. In this thesis, the switching frequency or period is no longer a constant but a design variable. Then, an additional frequency-control loop (FCL) is introduced in order to obtain a fixed frequency operation in the steady state. Three individual designs implemented with different types of FCL are proposed to verify the concept. / Then, a four-channel SIMO converter based on FCL is developed, together with auto-phase allocation technique. This circuit not only solves the problem of imbalance loading of different channels, but it also keeps the idle period of the inductor sufficient short in the full operation region. By combining with all channel controllers, FCL makes fast load transient response without degrading the power efficiency. Moreover, linear auto converter-type adaption technique is also used, which makes the converter surviving from a wide input range and output range. Measurement results show that the proposed converter can achieve a peak efficiency of 89%, a total output power of 1.46W, a load transient response time of less than 70muS, and an idle inductor period of <10%. / Zheng, Yanqi. / Adviser: Leung Ka Nang. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-03, Section: B, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar uma topologia de controle para a malha de tensão de um inversor para fontes de alimentação ininterruptas (UPS) com forma de onda senoidal na saída. É proposto um sistema de controle com duas malhas, uma de tensão com controlador ressonante e outra do tipo PI de corrente no qual a variável de controle é a corrente do capacitor de filtro de saída. Mais especificamente pretende-se estudar o problema de rastreamento de tensão nos inversores de UPS monofásicos, apresentando o estado da arte e uma classificação dos controladores que servem de solução para este problema específico. / This work analyses a uninterruptible power supply (UPS) inverter control scheme with sinusoidal output voltage. A two-loop control scheme is proposed; one voltage loop using a resonant controller and a PI current controller with the output capacitor filter current as control variable. A review on voltage tracking control in one-phase voltage source inverter is presented, showing the state of the art and a controller classification for this specific problem.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001.

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy