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Switching power converters with fast load transients are crucial for application processors (APs) to facilitate system-level power adaptability with high current slew rate. While current-mode hysteretic control has been popularly employed in switching converters for simple structure, robust operation and fast transient response [1], it still does not suffice for the unprecedented 1A/ns current slew...
A comparator-based current mode control buck-boost DC-DC converter with low transition noise full-wave current sensor is reported in this work. The proposed comparator-based current mode control method with on-time modulation eliminates the controller delay in constant on/off time period during load transient, which is adopted in a buck-boost DC-DC converter to achieve faster load transient responses...
With a stringent input-to-output conversion ratio (CR) of 20 (24V input and 1.2V output) for a DC-DC converter, two stage cascaded architectures are easy to implement, but suffer from poor efficiency and doubled number of power components. This paper presents a single-stage solution with a proposed Adaptive ON-OFF Time (AO2T) control. In steady state, the control works as an adaptive ON-time valley...
This paper presents a high accuracy and high bandwidth current sense circuit for digitally controlled DC-DC buck converters. The circuit uses lossless inductor DCR current sensing and a sigma delta modulator ADC to sense the average current in the inductor to high accuracy. These accurate but low bandwidth measurements are unsuitable for use in feedback control loops as their acquisition delay would...
This paper describes the implementation of a second order sliding mode (SOSM) controller for a practical point-of-load (POL) power supply with realistic values of output capacitor equivalent series resistance (ESR) and equivalent series inductance (ESL). The SOSM control presented in this paper results in fast transient responses, has a current limiting feature, supports light load operation, and...
The switching transient properties of conventional power semiconductors (Silicon MOSFET and IGBT) have been proposed for online junction temperature (Tj) sensing. This method utilizes the semiconductor Tj dependent characteristics and the gate drive output dynamics. In this paper, the method is applied to wide bandgap power semiconductor, Silicon-Carbide (SiC) MOSFET. In order to demonstrate the SiC...
Among the on-chip current sensing techniques, inductor current sensing method is the most feasible one for high switching frequency converter, which aids reduction of the filter inductor size. This paper presents a reduction of area design for the combined AC and DC inductor current sensor with load transient enhancement for the systems-on-chip applications. The proposed current sensor is simulated...
This paper deals with the inductor-current monitoring for switching regulators. Conventional current sensors based on the mirroring principle are first considerated. Then, a new circuit that reaches improved performance respect to the existing current-sensing schemes is proposed. The operation of the above mentioned current sensors are discussed and evaluated by means of time-domain computer simulations.
The Smart Grid concept is conceived as a means to optimize and to improve the reliability of the electric delivery system. The numerous and different types of information generated at the remote sites at a distribution network by sensors and smart meters coupled with a communication infrastructure and data base management system provide the means to generate useful control algorithms. However, control...
This paper presents a wireless distributed system to measure transient electromagnetic field in power substations. Taking advantage of flexible short-range wireless technique, the system allows flexible multi-node simultaneous measurement while is of compact size and low cost.
Polymorphic gates can be considered as a new reconfigurable technology capable of integrating logic functions with sensing in a single compact structure. Polymorphic gates whose logic function can be controlled by the level of the power supply voltage (Vdd) represent a special class of polymorphic gates. A new polymorphic NAND/NOR gate controlled by Vdd is presented. This gate was fabricated and utilized...
With technology scaling, vulnerability to soft errors in random logic is increasing. There is a need for on-line error detection and protection for logic gates even at sea level. The error checker is the key element for an on-line detection mechanism. We compare three different checkers for error detection from the point of view of area, power and false error detection rates. We find that the double...
In this paper we present a low cost fault-tolerant attitude determination system to a scientific satellite using COTS devices. We related our experience in developing the attitude determination system, where we combine proven fault tolerance techniques to protect the whole system composed only by COTS from the effects produced by transient faults. We detailed the failure cases and the detection, reconfiguration...
In this paper, we present a new technique to improve the reliability of H-tree SRAM memories. This technique deals with the SRAM power-bus monitoring by using built-in current sensor (BICS) circuits that detect abnormal current dissipation in the memory power-bus. This abnormal current is the result of a single-event upset (SEU) in the memory and it is generated during the inversion of the state of...
We have proposed a new floating p-well voltage reset scheme for reliable and fast discharging voltage sensing terminal by employing the negative gate bias, which stabilizes the floating p-well voltage spontaneously during the transient state and off-state by turning on the internal PMOS of the floating p-well IGBT. We have investigated the switching stability characteristics of the floating p-well...
This paper is concerned with the design and simulation of a pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier for three-phase Permanent Magnetic motor drive. Based on the mathematical model of PWM rectifier, the dual-close-loop engineering design with decoupled feed-forward control is applied in the 3-phase voltage source rectifier. The objective to be reached is to realize unity power factor at the input ac...
In this work, we demonstrate the importance and the effectiveness of using GMR heads as ESD detectors in new tester qualifications. Traditionally, to resolve ESD concerns of a new tester, a high bandwidth digital oscilloscope and a CT1 probe are often used for ESD waveform detection. An assessment is then provided based on the observed waveform. The methodology is largely consistent with investigations...
This paper examines the effort of solid state switching upon aerospace electric power conditioning equipment. During the past ten years, aerospace solid state switching concepts have undergone laboratory and flight test evaluations to establish the feasibility of the systems approach. This extension of the program to include power conditioning studies reveals several parameters affecting the design...
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