EMC of power converters: the self-compatibility approach

Analysis of the internal electromagnetic compatibility of digitally controlled power converters is discussed. In particular, the optimum layout of the circuit configuration is designed on the basis of the actual electromagnetic interference between the power and the control section of a power converter. Besides, further improvements can be achieved by means of an autotuning additional board, which scans all the possible converter switching frequencies and analyses the distortion on the control signals corresponding to each frequency. Its main task is to select only the ones which produce low disturbances on the control signals as operating frequencies for the converter.