Homework Assignment #1

Basic converter analysis

Due at 10 am MDT on Friday, September 7, 2017

ECEN 4797/5797 Introduction to Power Electronics

Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Prof. Robert Erickson

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Assignment
• ECEN 4797: do problems 1 and 2 below.
• ECEN 5797: do problems 1, 2, and 3 below.
Problems
1. Analysis and design of a buck-boost converter: A buck-boost converter is illustrated in Fig. 1(a),
and a practical implementation using a transistor and diode is shown in Fig. 1(b).
1 2 +
(a)
i(t)
Vg + C R v
– L

–
Figure 1 Buck–boost converter
of Problem 1: (a) ideal converter Q1 D1
circuit, (b) implementation using (b)
iD +
MOSFET and diode. iT i(t)

Vg + L C R v
–

(a) Find the dependence of the equilibrium output voltage V and inductor current I on the
duty ratio D, input voltage Vg , and load resistance R. You may assume that the inductor
current ripple and capacitor voltage ripple are small.
 (b) Plot your results of part (a) over the range 0 ≤ D ≤ 1.
(c) Dc design: for the specifications

Vg = 15 V V = −12V
R = 4Ω f s = 200 kHz

(i) Find D and I

(ii) Calculate the value of L that will make the peak inductor current ripple ∆i equal to
ten percent of the average inductor current I.
(iii) Choose C such that the peak output voltage ripple ∆v is 0.1 V.
(d) Sketch the transistor drain current waveform iT (t) for your design of part (c). Include the
effects of inductor current ripple, and label numerical values and axes. What is the peak
value of iT ? Also sketch iT (t) for the case when L is decreased such that ∆i is 50% of I.
What happens to the peak value of iT in this case?
(e) Sketch the diode current waveform iD (t) for the two cases of part d.
2. The boost converter illustrated in Fig. 2 operates with the following conditions:
Input voltage Vg = 3.3 V
Output voltage V = 5V
Switching frequency f s = 500 kHz
All elements are ideal, and the converter operates in steady state with small inductor current
Boost Converter
ripple and Problem
small capacitor voltage ripple.

L D1

iL(t) + vL(t) – +
iC(t)
Q1
Vg + C R v
– +
DTs Ts
–
–

The boost converter illustrated Figure 2 above

Boost operates with
converter of the following
Problem 2. conditions:
Input voltage Vg = 5 V
(a) WhatOutput
is thevoltage V = 12 V
duty cycle?
Switching frequency f = 250 kHz
(b) Sketch the waveform of thes MOSFET drain-to-source voltage. Label the numerical values
of all relevant times and voltages.
All elements are ideal, and the converter operates in steady state with waveforms
as(c)illustrated
Find the dc incomponent
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voltage waveform of Part b.
3. To reduce the switching harmonics present in the input current of a certain buck converter,
(a) What is the duty cycle?
an input filter consisting of inductor L1 and capacitor C1 is added as shown in Fig. 3. Such
(b) Sketch the waveform of the MOSFET drain-to-source voltage. Label
the numerical values of all relevant times and voltages.
(c) Find the dc component of the voltage waveform of part (b).
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filters are commonly used to meet regulations limiting conducted electromagnetic interfer-
ence (EMI). For this problem, you may assume that all inductance and capacitance values are
sufficiently large, such that all ripple magnitudes are small.

L1 iT Q1 L2

i1 + i2 +

Vg + C1 vC1 D1 C2 R v
–

– –

Figure 3 Addition of L − C input filter to buck converter, Problem 3.

(a) Sketch the transistor current waveform iT (t).

(b) Derive analytical expressions for the dc components of the capacitor voltages and induc-
tor currents.
(c) Derive analytical expressions for the peak ripple magnitudes of the input filter inductor
current and capacitor voltage.
(d) Given the following values:
Input voltage Vg = 12 V
Output voltage V = 5V
Switching frequency f s = 400 kHz
Load resistance R = 1.25 Ω
Select values for L1 and C1 such that (i) the peak voltage ripple on C1 , ∆vC1 , is two
percent of the dc component VC1 , and (ii) the input peak current ripple ∆i1 is 10 mA.

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