• DocumentCode
    3451810
  • Title

    Digital Pulse-Frequency/Pulse-Amplitude Modulator for Improving Efficiency of SMPS Operating Under Light Loads

  • Author

    Rahman, Nabeel ; Wang, Kun ; Prodic, Aleksandar

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    16-19 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    149
  • Lastpage
    153
  • Abstract
    In this paper we show a novel digital control method for improving efficiency of SMPS operating at light loads and demonstrate its hardware implementation. In discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) it simultaneously performs a change of switching frequency and peak amplitude of the inductor current in order to achieve better efficiency than conventional pulse-frequency modulator solutions. Supporting analysis, simulations, and experimental results verify advantages of this control method
  • Keywords
    pulse amplitude modulation; pulse frequency modulation; switched mode power supplies; DCM; SMPS; digital control method; discontinuous conduction mode; hardware implementation; pulse-amplitude modulator; switching frequency; Amplitude modulation; Analytical models; Digital control; Digital modulation; Hardware; Inductors; Optical modulation; Pulse modulation; Switched-mode power supply; Switching frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computers in Power Electronics, 2006. COMPEL '06. IEEE Workshops on
  • Conference_Location
    Troy, NY
  • ISSN
    1093-5142
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9724-X
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1093-5142
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMPEL.2006.305667
  • Filename
    4097479