SystemC AMS power electronic modeling with ideal instantaneous switches

Ideal instantaneous switches are a useful behavior abstraction technique to model semiconductor components in power system development. It allows fast and robust simulations of sophisticated power controls. In this paper we present a SystemC AMS extension to support modeling and simulation of externally as well as internally controlled electrical linear networks with ideal switches. By using this model of computation, analog parts composed of large power electronic circuits can be integrated into system level models for design and verification purposes. To validate our implementation, a complex high voltage power converter for medical applications was modeled and simulated. The obtained results demonstrate the robustness and accuracy of this methodology.