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EE 5021: Power Converter Analysis and Design Sept2020-Jan2021 Assignment 3

This document contains 3 assignments related to power converter analysis and design: 1) Analyze a boost converter circuit operating at different conditions and compare output voltages from simulations and analytical expressions. 2) Analyze the voltage and current waveforms in a switching device and snubber circuit during turn off and calculate switching energy loss. 3) Analyze a forward converter with a reset winding to reduce peak voltages and optimize the transformer turns ratio to minimize active switch stress over an input voltage range. Derive expressions and calculate stress quantities for this converter and a conventional forward converter.

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EE 5021: Power Converter Analysis and Design Sept2020-Jan2021 Assignment 3

This document contains 3 assignments related to power converter analysis and design: 1) Analyze a boost converter circuit operating at different conditions and compare output voltages from simulations and analytical expressions. 2) Analyze the voltage and current waveforms in a switching device and snubber circuit during turn off and calculate switching energy loss. 3) Analyze a forward converter with a reset winding to reduce peak voltages and optimize the transformer turns ratio to minimize active switch stress over an input voltage range. Derive expressions and calculate stress quantities for this converter and a conventional forward converter.

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EE 5021: Power Converter Analysis and Design Sept2020-Jan2021

Assignment 3

1) Consider a boost converter circuit shown in Fig 1. The input voltage is 𝑉𝑖𝑛 . 𝑅 is the load
resistance, 𝐶 is the output filter capacitance, 𝐿 is the inductance, 𝐷 is the duty ratio, 𝑇𝑠𝑤 is the
1
switching cycle time and 𝑓𝑠𝑤 is the switching frequency of the switch (𝑓𝑠𝑤 = 𝑇 ). (8 points)
𝑠𝑤

Fig .1

a) Let 𝑉𝑖𝑛 = 8V, D=0.6, 𝐿 = 0.2 𝑚𝐻, 𝐶 = 47 𝜇𝐹 , and 𝑓𝑠𝑤 = 20 𝑘𝐻𝑧.


What is the value of R for operation at the CCM-DCM boundary ?
Verify or crosscheck by observing the inductor current waveform in simulation. (plot it)

b) Let 𝑉𝑖𝑛 = 8V, D=0.6, 𝐿 = 0.2 𝑚𝐻, 𝐶 = 47 𝜇𝐹 R = 20 ohms.


What is the value of switching frequency fsw for operation at the CCM-DCM boundary ?
Verify or crosscheck by observing the inductor current waveform in simulation. (plot it)

c) Derive an expression for the output voltage of the boost converter in DCM. Sketch relevant
waveforms necessary for deriving the same

d) Operate the converter at an operating point in DCM – specify the conditions.


Observe the inductor current and output capacitor voltage. (plot them in simulation)

e) Compare the average output voltage obtained from simulation in part (d), with the
analytically obtained value of the average output voltage obtained using the expression
derived in part (c)

2) The waveform in Figure 2 shows the current through the device when it is being switched off or
turned off. The applied dc voltage or circuit voltage is 600 V. The load current is constant at 60
A. The freewheeling diode DF ensures that the load current has an alternate path when the
switch is off. A RCD snubber is connected across the device as shown. The value of C is 0.5 uF.
Assume the diodes to be ideal. (7 points)
Figure 2

a) Evaluate and sketch the capacitor current


b) Evaluate and sketch the capacitor voltage
c) Evaluate the switching energy loss during turn off.
d) With reference to t = 0, when does the freewheeling diode start conducting ?

Note1 :
You may either use hand calculations or some coding to solve the problem.
(You could also try to solve by hand and then maybe cross verify with coding if you wish to)

(Note2: This is an exercise problem selected from Course Notes on Switched Mode Power
Conversion by Prof V Ramanarayanan)

3) As illustrated in Figure 3, it is possible to reset the transformer of the forward converter using a
dedicated voltage source other than the dc input. By optimally choosing the value of the reset
voltage the peak voltage stresses imposed on transistor and diode can be reduced. Infact, the
reset voltage could be a variable. The maximum duty cycle can also be increased, leading to a
lower transformer turns ratio and lower transistor current. The resulting improvement in
converter cost and efficiency can be significant when the dc input voltage varies over a wide
range. (10 points)

Figure 3 (source: Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Robert Erickson and Dragan Maximovid)
a) As a function of input voltage Vg, the transistor/mosfet duty cycle D, and the transformer
turns ratios (n1:n2:n3), derive an expression for the minimum value of reset winding
voltage Vr that causes the transformer magnetizing current to be reset to zero by the end of
the switching period?
(Note- notice that the reset voltage Vr can vary dynamically and assume that is could be
somehow realized).

b) Using this Vr from part (a), derive an expression for the peak voltage imposed on
transistor/mosfet Q1 ?

This converter is to be used in a universal-input off-line application, with the following


specifications. The input voltage can vary between 127 and 380 V. The load voltage is regulated
by variation of the duty cycle and is equal to 12 V. The load power is 480 W.

c) Choose the turns ratio n3/n1 such that the active switch stress of switch Q1 is minimized.
You may take the definition of the active switch stress as the product of peak blocking
voltage of the transistor and the RMS current through the transistor.
You may ignore the component of magnetizing current flowing through the transistor for
this calculation.

d) For your choice of n3/n1, over what range will the duty cycle vary?
What is the peak transistor current?
What is the peak transistor voltage ?

e) For the same converter specs, design a conventional forward converter where n1 = n2, and
Vr = Vg. Compare the worst-case peak transistor voltage and peak transistor current.

Note: This question is based on an exercise problem from Fundamentals of Power Electronics, by
Robert Erickson and Dragan Maximovid

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