In addition to compatibility with VLSI technology, sigma-delta converters provide high level of reliability and functionality and reduced chip cost. Those characteristics are commonly required in the today wireless communication environment. The objective of this paper is to simulate and analyze the sigma-delta technology which proposed for the implementation in the low-digital-bandwidth voice ...

A new auxiliary circuit that can be implemented in DC-DC and AC-DC ZVS-PWM converters is proposed in the paper. The circuit is for ZVS-PWM converters used in applications where high-frequency operation is needed and the load current is higher than that of typical ZVS-PWM converters. In the paper, the operation of a new ZVS-PWM converter is described, its steady-state operation is analyzed, and ...

Constant-current (CC) power supplies find applications in many fields. The Resonant immittance converters (RICs) convert a voltage source to the current source, thereby render them suitable for its application as a CC power supply. A fourthorder RIC topology, TT44 , is studied in this paper. Detailed steadystate analysis is presented. Procedure to perform converter optimization that leads to cl...

This review paper studies nonlinear dynamics of parallel dc–dc converters and its practical applications. First, we introduce a single dc–dc converter which is a building block of the parallel system. Using a simple model of piecewise constant vector field, we show that the converters exhibit rich bifurcation phenomena including chaos and complicated superstable periodic orbits. We then introdu...

This paper investigates the effects of Integral NonLinearity (INL) on the performances of both A/D converters and Digital Communication Systems, which exploit Direct Digital Modulation. The performances of both PCM and Sigma-Delta converters affected by INL are considered and compared. Then, the effects of INL upon the BER performances of an OFDM system are evaluated and modeled. The accuracy o...

Absstract-The control of switching dc-dc converters is reviewed. Regarding it as a general linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem, an innovative optimal and robust digital controller is proposed. The control strategy adopted can achieve good regulation, rejection of modest disturbances, and more significantly, the ability to cater to switching converters with RHP zeroes. This controller desig...

Multilevel converters are powerful converters in the medium-voltage high-power range. Inside this family of converters, the three-level neutral point clamped converter has its own importance. The main control methods associated with this converter are the carrier-based PWM with added DC components and the space vector PWM. Two of the most important features of the NPC converter are the neutral ...

Since the PCS needs to handle high power high voltage, the soft-switching topologies utilized in the design should have both ZVT and ZCT functions. A novel soft-switching topology that has both ZVT and ZCT functions is suggested. The new topology has both ZVT and ZCT functions by using two additional components, a switch and a diode. The auxiliary inductor for soft-switching is implemented insi...

The paper introduces the family of quasi-direct converters, i.e., forced-commutated adddac converters including small energy storage devices in the dc link. In particular, the case of three-phase to three-phase quasi-direct converter is considered. Since energy storage minimization calls for instantaneous inputloutput power balance, a proper control strategy is needed. The paper describes a sim...

Zero-current-transition, discontinuousconduction-mode (ZCT-DCM) converters are introduced in this paper. Compared to hard-switching (PWM) converters in DCM, the ZCT-DCM converters have similar current stresses and conduction losses, and much reduced turn-off switching losses. At the expense of increased voltage stresses, zerocurrent/zero-voltage switching is maintained for a wide range of loads...