Steady-State Analysis of An Interleaved Boost Converter With Coupled Inductors
Steady-State Analysis of An Interleaved Boost Converter With Coupled Inductors
Steady-State Analysis of An Interleaved Boost Converter With Coupled Inductors
(7)
(8)
be represented by an equivalent circuit with three uncoupled in-
ductors as illustrated in Fig. 2. The relationships of the inductors
are related by the following equations: where .
6) State f [Fig. 3(f)]:
(1) At time , SW is opened. discharges through the
output circuit. The rate of change of is
(2)
(3) (9)
(6) (10)
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(11)
(13)
Assume that the converter is lossless, i.e., the input power
is equal to the output power
(14)
where is the load resistance.
In principle, (10)–(14) can be solved to find . However, in
(12) order to simplify the calculation, it is assumed that ,
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(18)
In (18), if , we have
(19)
(15)
(16)
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TABLE I
COMPARISON OF THE CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN THE CONVENTIONAL CONVERTER AND THE PROPOSED CONVERTER
(f)]. The proposed converter will then behave like a single cedures are then much the same as those of conventional boost
boost converter with two active switches in parallel. In order to converters.
prevent this from happening, we need to keep
or larger than about 1 V, so that the conducting
inductor (either and ) will have a sufficiently large back V. SIMULATION RESULTS
EMF to reverse biase the diode rectifier connected to the other A PSpice simulation model of the proposed converter has
inductor. The practical coupling coefficient can be chosen been developed. Ideal switches and diodes are used in the model.
in the range of 0.9 0.98. In the practical construction of the The simulated waveforms are shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
intercoupled inductors, a lower value of can be achieved The simulation conditions are summarized as follows:
by physically separating the two windings and possibly also , F, H, ,
introducing an air gap between them, thus resulting in a larger V, and kHz. In Fig. 5, . In Fig. 6,
leakage magnetic flux. , .
The simulation results are as follows. In Fig. 5,
C. Feedback Design (peak) (peak) A, (average value of
) (average value of ) A, and V.
In the design of the feedback control circuit, the proposed In Fig. 6, (peak) A, (peak) A, (average
converter could be treated as a single boost converter with a value of ) A, (average value of ) A,
duty cycle of (assuming ). The design pro- and V.
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APPENDIX
DC ANALYSIS OF INTERLEAVED BOOST CONVERTER
WITH COUPLED INDUCTORS
(A13)
(A14)
(A6)
Rearranging (A5) and (A6), we have Since , , and are small, we further assume that
, , , and are negligible.
Equation (A14) then becomes
(A7) (A15)
(A3)
(A4)
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From (A3) and (A4), (A16)–(A19) can be found, as shown at Applying the assumptions that , , and are small
the bottom of the page. Substituting (A19) into (A15) and then and negligible,
rearranging, we have (A20) and (A21), shown at the bottom of
the page. Note that the other root of the quadratic equation (A20)
gives a less than , which is not a valid solution to a boost
converter.
It should also be noted that (A21) is valid only when is
sufficiently large so as to maintain the current waveforms shown
(A25)
in Fig. 4, i.e., (A22), shown at the bottom of the page.
When is smaller than the value given by (A22), the output
voltage will tend to approach the value of
Substitution of (A18) into (A25) gives
or (A23)
which is the output voltage of a conventional boost converter in
CICM operation with a duty cycle of ( ).
By substituting , ,
(A26)
and into (A7) and (A8), the difference
between and (which are the average values of and
respectively) is found as
In the proposed converter, the term ( ) is small. Equation
(A25) can, therefore, be further reduced to give the following
expression for the difference between the two average inductor
currents:
(A24) (A27)
(A16)
(A17)
(A18)
(A19)
(A20)
(A21)
(A22)
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