ECEN5817 Lecture 4

A resonant dc-dc converter:

Transfer function
H( )
H(s)

is(t) iR(t) i(t)

+
+ L Cs +
dc
d
source +– vs(t) vR(t) v(t) R
vg(t)
–
–
–
NS NT NR NF
Switch network Resonant tank network Rectifier network Low-pass dc
filter load
network

If tank responds primarily to fundamental component of switch

network output voltage waveform, then harmonics can be neglected
g based on sinusoidal approximation
Section 19.1: modeling pp

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 The sinusoidal approximation

Switch
output
voltage Tank current and output
spectrum voltage are essentially
fs 3fs 5fs
sinusoids at the switching
f
frequency fs
Resonant Neglect harmonics of
tank
response switch output
p voltage
g
waveform, and model only
the fundamental
fs 3fs 5fs f component
Tankk
current
Remaining ac waveforms
spectrum can be found via standard
phasor analysis
fs 3fs 5fs f

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 19.1.1 Controlled switch network model

NS
is(t)
1
+

vg + 2 vs(t)
– 2

–
1

Switch network

Fourier series expansion of The fundamental component is

square-wave switch
it h network
t k
output voltage vs(t):

So model switch network output port

with voltage source of value vs1(t)

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 Model of switch network input port

Find dc (average) component of

NS the switch network input current
is(t)
1
+

vg + 2 vs(t)
– 2

–
1

Switch network

Fundamental component of the

output current:

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 Switch network: equivalent circuit

• Switch network converts dc to ac

• Dc components of input port waveforms are modeled
• Fundamental ac components of output port waveforms are modeled
• Model is power conservative: predicted average input and output
powers are equal

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 Model is power conservative

Use trig identity:

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 19.1.2 Modeling the rectifier and capacitive filter
networks
iR(t) | iR(t) | i(t)
+ +

vR(t) v(t) R

– –
NR NF
Rectifier network Low-pass dc
filter load
network

Assume large output filter If iR(t) is a sinusoid:

capacitor, having small ripple.
vR(t) is a square wave, having Then vR(t) has the following
zero crossings in phase with tank Fourier series:
output current iR(t).

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 Sinusoidal approximation: rectifier

Again, since tank responds only to fundamental components of applied

waveforms, harmonics in vR(t) can be neglected. vR(t) becomes

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 Rectifier dc output port model

iR(t) | iR(t) | i(t)

Output capacitor charge balance: dc
+ +
load current is equal to average
rectified tank output current
vR(t) v(t) R

– –
NR NF
Rectifier network Low-pass dc Hence
filter load
network

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 Equivalent circuit of rectifier

Rectifier input port:

Fundamental components of
current and voltage are
sinusoids that are in phase
Hence rectifier presents a
resistive load to tank network
Effective resistance Re is

R ifi equivalent
Rectifier i l circuit
i i

With a resistive load R, this becomes

Loss free resistor: all power absorbed by Re is transferred to the output port

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 19.1.3 Resonant tank network

Model of ac waveforms is now reduced to a linear circuit. Tank

network is excited by effective sinusoidal voltage (switch network
output port),
port) and is load by effective resistive load (rectifier input port)
Can solve for transfer function via conventional linear circuit analysis

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Solution of tank network waveforms

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 19.1.4 Solution of converter
voltage conversion ratio M = V/Vg

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