Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science (FEAS)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Program: B.Sc. in EEE
Course Code: EEE 378 Name of Course: Power Electronics Laboratory

Experiment No. 06: STEP UP CONVERTER

Objectives of this experiment are to:

1. Understand and learn how IGBT characteristics are used in DC-DC conversion.
2. Learn the basics of DC-DC controllers.
3. Learn about input and output waveforms of DC-DC controllers and how to control output voltage by
using duty ratio.
4. Learn how and why CCM is useful.

Course Outcomes (COs), Program Outcomes (POs) and Assessment:

Domain / level
Expt Delivery methods
CO Statement Corresponding PO of learning Assessment tools
No. and activities
taxonomy
Lab tests
Simulation
CO1: Implement Investigation Lab reports
different designed (PO4) Experiment
converters such as Affective Final lab test
Modern Tool
01 domain/ Practice lab
AC-DC, DC-DC, Usage: (PO5) Open ended
AC-AC, DC-AC etc. analyzing level Group lab
discussion
Project show
Tutorial & project
presentation
Lab tests
Simulation
CO2: Design Lab reports
different converter Investigation Experiment
Affective Final lab test
circuits using PSIM (PO4)
02 Modern Tool domain/analyzi Practice lab
software. Open ended
Usage: (PO5) ng level Group lab
discussion
Project show
Tutorial & project
presentation

Required Equipments:

1. ED-2040-F (Boost Converter)

2. Signal Generator
3. Oscilloscope
4. Load connection cord
5. Power supply connection cord

Theory:

Figure 6-1: Boost Converter

Figure 6-1 shows main circuit of Step up converter or Buck converter circuit and Figure 6-2 shows
equivalent circuit and each part waveform. Boost circuit can be called Step up converter and it means
way that output voltage is to be more than input voltage.

First, if chopper CH is on, current im1 (+ power supply current is) flows through the Es ,-CH-L-load-Es
path as shown in Figure 6-2 (a) and L is charged. Next, if chopper CH is off, current im2, flows through
L - D-load –Es- L path by accumulative energy in L as shown in Figure 6-2 (b).

The equations for these 2 cases can be written as:

The relation between input and output voltage is:

Es
Em = ……....……… (6-3)
1−α
Where,
T =t ON +t OFF; Chopper Period
t ON ; ON time
tOFF ; OFF time
t
α = ON ; Duty ratio
T
 Figure 6-2: Equivalent circuit and output waveform

Figure 6-3 shows the Gate Circuit, and each part waveform of drive and gate signal is shown in Figure 6-4:

Figure 6-3: Gate Circuit

 Figure 6-4: Waveform of Gate Circuit

Working Procedure:
1. Measurement of Sig-In Terminal Voltage: Connect the circuit as shown and record the
waveform by adjusting the Freq-Variable knob. Then, set the frequency as 300 Hz, record the
waveform and compare the present waveform with waveform (c) in Figure 6-4.

Figure 6-1: Measurement of Sig-In terminal voltage of Boost Converter

2. Measurement of V-Ref terminal: Connect the probe of oscilloscope like figure shown below.
And then measure the waveform with adjusting the Volt-Variable knob.
 Figure 6-2: Measurement of V-Ref terminal voltage of Boost Converter

3. Measurement of Freq. terminal: Connect the probe of oscilloscope like the figure shown
below. And afterwards measure the waveform, record it. Compare it with

Figure 6-3: Measurement of Freq. terminal voltage of Boost Converter

4. Measurement of IGBT Gate Terminal: Connect the circuit as shown and record the
waveform. Compare it with the waveform at step 3.
 Figure 6-4: Measurement of IGBT gate voltage of Boost Converter
5. Measurement of load R- 1: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform by
adjusting the Volt-Variable and Freq-Variable Knobs. Set the frequency at maximum and duty
ratio at 50%.

Figure 6-5: Measurement of load R-1 of Boost Converter

6. Measurement of load R- 2: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform by
adjusting the Volt-Variable and Freq-Variable Knobs. Set the duty ratio at 50%.
 Figure 6-6: Measurement of load R-2 of Boost Converter

Measured Results:
Observe, measure and record the waveform of the input voltage, gate voltage and the output voltage
from steps 1-6 in working procedure. Plot them neatly in your graph paper.

Home Works:
1. Explain why the output wave shapes are different from each other in the steps 5 and 6.
2. Comment on how the output wave shapes changed due to change in duty ratio α.
3. What are some improvements that can be made on this topology?