In this paper, we explain the mechanism that causes “intermittent” instability and chaos in a current-mode controlled switching converter. The circuit model used to study the phenomenon incorporates a coupling process through which a spurious signal is coupled to the current sensing and ramp compensation circuitry, resulting in a modulation of the compensation slope which causes the system to b...

This paper presents considerations on the switching frequency and duty cycle & operating equations of softswitching BUCK chopper. These considerations are discussed and applied to selected soft-switching families such as ZVS-QRC, ZCS-QRC, ZVS-QSW-CV, ZCS-QSWCC, ZVT-PWM and ZCT-PWM [1]. The limitations on switching frequency and duty cycle are derived in terms of: chopper input voltage (Vg), cho...

In this work a monolithic architecture to realize a highperformance switching regulator with non-linear fuzzy logic control is introduced. An overview of the main issues related to PWh4 DCDC conversion in continuous mode is reported and an introduction to nonlinear fuzzy logic control is given. The main analog Fuzzy Logic blocks are illustrated and the overall architecture presented with the ma...

Learning Classifier Systems use reinforcement learning, evolutionary computing and/or heuristics to develop adaptive systems. This paper extends the ZCS Learning Classifier System to improve its internal modelling capabilities. Initially, results are presented which show performance in a traditional reinforcement learning task incorporating lookahead within the rule structure. Then a mechanism ...

This paper proposes a new zero-current-switching (ZCS) pulsewidth modulation (PWM) switch cell that has no additional conduction loss of the main switch. In this cell, the main switch and the auxiliary switch turn on and turn off under zero-current condition. The diodes commutate softly and the reverse-recovery problems are alleviated. The conduction loss and the current stress of the main swit...

This paper presents a small-scale prototype of a wind-photovoltaic hybrid system, having batteries as energy storage components. All devices are connected to a common dc-bus using appropriate power converters. The photovoltaic modules are connected through a dc-dc buck converter using Perturb and Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking control. The permanent magnet synchronous generator (wind gene...

The non-abelian self-dual action in three dimensions is derived using the self-interaction mechanism. Self-duality in three dimensions was proposed initially by Townsend et. al. [1] as an alternative to the topologically massive theory[2]. In principle, they seem different descriptions of a locally massive spin 1 physical excitation: the self-dual theory is described by a non-gauge invariant fi...

This paper presents the design of integrated Dead-Time-Locked Loops (DTLL) for a fixed-frequency Zero-Voltage-Switching QuasiSquare-Wave (ZVS-QSW) buck converter. This is developed to address the challenges of DC/DC conversion for next-generation high-performance microprocessors. The DTLLs provide real-time accurate dead-time control with fast error rejection to realize ZVS, which minimizes swi...

A multiport converter promises cost-effective, flexible and more efficient energy processing by utilizing only a single power stage. Multiport converters, a promising concept for alternative energy systems, have attracted increasing research interest recently. Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) alleviates the switching losses and improves the converter overall efficiency. Zero voltage switching can b...

In the recent years, there is a strong interest of using switched Ethernet in factory automation. The switched Ethernet offers many attractive features such as large throughput, traffic isolation and full-duplex links. However, although using full-duplex switched Ethernet can limit the collisions to each port, the real-time features may be affected due to the collisions on an output port.This p...