Use of Threshold Median Adjustment to Achieve Accurate Current Balancing of Interleaved Buck Converter with Constant Frequency Hysteresis Control
Open Access
- 4 September 2024
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Electronics
- Vol. 13 (17) , 3521
Abstract
This paper proposes a current balancing loop that is obtained using the threshold median adjustment (TMA-CBL) to achieve the accurate current balancing of an interleaved constant frequency hysteresis (CFH) buck converter. The CFH control is implemented with a frequency phase loop based on a threshold width adjustment (TWA-FPL). To ensure the loop’s stability and minimize the steady-state error, a multi-phase, coupled, small-signal model (MPC-SSM) is derived with a consideration of the coupling effect among the multiple phases. Furthermore, the current balancing error is analyzed in detail, with a consideration of the sensing resistance deviations in the loop. Finally, based on a 180 nm BCD process, a four-phase interleaved buck converter is fabricated to verify the effectiveness of the proposed TMA-CBL. The maximum current balancing error is within 0.68% when the sensing resistors are deviated by 5%.Keywords
Funding Information
- State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence of the People’s Republic of China (62074067, 62374067)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (62074067, 62374067)
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