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Journal of Power Electronics (2021) 21:782–791

https://doi.org/10.1007/s43236-021-00233-9

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Fuzzy self‑tuning PID control of ­MC3 LLC resonant LED drivers


Delong Li1 · Yimin Lu1 · Xin Ge1

Received: 24 November 2020 / Revised: 22 February 2021 / Accepted: 25 February 2021 / Published online: 10 March 2021
© The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2021

Abstract
An ­MC3 LLC resonant light-emitting diode (LED) driver is a multi-channel constant current (­ MC3) output solution based
on LLC resonance. Through an effective combination of multiple transformers and a DC block capacitor, this driver allows
constant current outputs in multiple channels when the LED channels are unbalanced. This study considers a fuzzy self-
tuning proportional integral derivative (PID) control strategy that allows for the self-tuning of PID parameters according to
fuzzy inference rules designed using the relationship between the current gain and the switching frequency. Thus, when LED
channels are unbalanced, the system allows a constant current output for each of the channels and controls the input voltage
disturbances well. Simulation and experimental verifications are carried out, and a 20 W 4-channel constant current power
supply design based on LLC resonance is obtained for the LED driver. This realizes soft-switching of the switching device,
which reduces system loss and improves system efficiency. Moreover, the adjustment time of the proposed method is half
that of fixed-parameter control methods, and the overshoot of the proposed method is smaller than that of fixed-parameter
control methods. When compared with PID controllers with fixed parameters, the proposed method is more robust. When a
system is disturbed, it recovers faster and has a smaller range of current fluctuation with the proposed method.

Keywords LLC resonant converter · Fuzzy PID control · Multiple output · LED driver

1 Introduction to multiple channels [3, 4]. At present, multi-channel con-


stant current (­ MC3) schemes can be divided into active and
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are a relatively new type of passive schemes. The latter includes resistance–capacitance,
lighting source. Owing to their advantages of long service inductance, and multiple current-sharing transformers,
live, energy savings, and environmental friendliness, LEDs among others. When compared with the active schemes, pas-
are widely used in office lighting, display backlighting, and sive schemes have the advantages of low cost and high effi-
street lighting; in addition to being the preferred lighting ciency, which makes them more useful in applications [5].
source in the “Green Lights Program” [1, 2]. However, the Many researchers are focused on M ­ C3 LLC resonant
power of a single LED is very low and fails to meet the LEDs. In [6], a network of three-level topologies includ-
requirements in actual applications. Hence, multiple LEDs ing boost PFC, LLC resonant half-bridge, and a constant-
connected in series or parallel are needed for real-world current buck driver circuit were studied to achieve a multi-
applications. However, if the currents between the individ- channel LED constant current output. In [7], a complex
ual LED channels are inconsistent when connecting multi- system was proposed. A passive LCL-T resonant network
ple channels in parallel, the lighting performance becomes was used to achieve the M ­ C3 output. The network had a
inconsistent, and the service lives of the LEDs are reduced. modular scheme, which mainly included a front-end LCLC
In severe cases, the LEDs may generate too much heat and series–parallel resonant network and back-end LCL-T pas-
become permanently damaged owing to excessive current. sive resonant rectifiers. Each of the rectifiers was used to
Therefore, an LED driver should output constant currents drive one LED. This allows for soft-switching of the switch-
ing device, which results in relatively high system efficiency.
In [8], a multi-channel constant current LED driver based
* Yimin Lu on high-frequency AC voltage was proposed. The driver is
y.m.lu@gxu.edu.cn
composed of a high-frequency DC/AC inverter and a pas-
1
School of Electrical Engineering, Guangxi University, sive LCL-T resonant rectifier that is equal to the number
Nanning, China

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of output channels. In [9], the authors proposed a modular An LLC resonant ­MC3 LED driver is a complex high-order
multi-output LED driver based on LCL-T constant current nonlinear system, and the LED is itself a nonlinear load that is
characteristics. An LCL-T rectifier is connected to the same difficult to model, which leads to difficulties in designing its
voltage bus and works in the same way as a current source. controller [18, 19]. Conventionally, the control parameters are
The authors of [6–9] adopted a complex three-stage solution, only set at an operating point with a specific voltage gain [19].
where each stage requires one or more controllers, especially This resulting in unstable control performance and susceptibil-
the third stage. In the third stage, each of the LED strings ity to changes in parameters, such as the load and switching
needs a separate controller to control the output current. frequency. Since it is difficult to meet the needs of driving
Unlike the three-stage solutions, the authors of [10–14] a constant current with unbalanced multi-channel LEDs, an
adopted an isolated single-stage multi-channel constant optimal control strategy that allows a system to obtain stable
current source to drive multiple LED channels. In [10], a and excellent control performance has become a popular topic
simple rectifying circuit for an isolated two-channel LED of research. However, it remains a difficult problem to solve.
driver without active current-sharing control was proposed. When compared with conventional converters, resonant
Although the circuit has a simple structure, good current- converters contain more switching elements, which makes
sharing performance, and high efficiency, it can only achieve them complex nonlinear systems. The modeling of LLC reso-
current-sharing with two channels. In [11], an ­MC3 LLC nant converters mainly includes extended describing function
resonant LED driver was proposed based on a half-bridge (EDF) and generalized state-space averaging (GSSA) meth-
LLC resonant converter. The driver achieves constant cur- ods [20–23]. The mathematical models of these methods have
rent outputs in multiple channels through an effective com- a high order and low precision, which makes it difficult for
bination of multiple transformers and a DC block capacitor, small-signal modeling by analytical methods. In addition,
even when the LEDs are unbalanced. The authors of [12] small-signal characteristics are directly affected by factors
introduced a simple and effective M ­ C3 LED drive circuit, such as the switching frequency and load. Conventional con-
and explained its control principle and working principle. trol methods rarely meet the requirements of control precision
A general mathematical model was provided to describe for ­MC3 LEDs. It is especially difficult to obtain good results
the current cross regulation (CCR) between multi-channel when the multi-channel LED is unbalanced. Since an LLC
outputs. A general model of current cross-regulation was resonant LED driver control system is a time-varying nonlin-
derived, which can easily locate and analyze the factors that ear system, it is difficult for a fixed-parameter proportional-
affect cross-regulation. Based on [11], buck-boost PFCs and integral-derivative (PID) controller to achieve good control
LLC resonant DC-DC converters are integrated to form a performance.
multi-channel LED output circuit in [13]. This structure Fuzzy control is widely used in the design of LLC resonant
reduces the number of switches and controllers and simpli- converter controllers since it does not need to establish a small-
fies the circuit structure. Based on [11] and [12], the authors signal model of the system [24–30]. The fact that the current
of [14] considered the impact of LED dimming on a system gain of an LLC resonant circuit has a clear relationship with
and adopted optimal trajectory control to achieve a multi- the switching frequency makes it suitable for designing fuzzy
channel LED constant current output. control rules. Hence, this study combines PID and fuzzy con-
The authors of [15–17] proposed or improved control trol schemes while taking into consideration their respective
methods of LLC LED drivers. In [15], a time-domain analy- advantages and limitations. A fuzzy algorithm is applied to
sis and a design method were proposed for LLC LED driv- PID parameter tuning, and the PID parameters are optimized
ers based on estimated efficiency. When compared with the in real time according to fuzzy rules, which results in fuzzy
first harmonic approximation (FHA), the control precision self-tuning PID control.
was improved here. It was oriented by the weighted-average- The remainder of this article is organized as follows. Sec-
efficiency concept and constraints that ensure zero voltage tion 2 introduces the working principle of an ­MC3 LLC res-
switching, enough power gain, and a practical switching onant LED driver. Section 3 provides the design method of
frequency range over a wide operating window. In [16], a fuzzy self-tuning PID control. The fuzzy self-tuning PID con-
primary-side regulation (PSR) control circuit for an LLC trol and fixed-parameter PID control are compared and verified
LED driver based on output current estimation was stud- by simulation and experimental results in Sect. 4. Finally, the
ied. This circuit utilized the “magnetizing current cancella- conclusion is given in Sect. 5.
tion method” to estimate the output current and to achieve
good control over the output. In [17], a single-stage AC/
DC converter based on an interleaved buck-boost circuit and
an LLC resonant converter was proposed. The interleaved
circuit allows the system to achieve soft switching under
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2 Working principle of the ­MC3 LLC resonant conduction loss, the magnetizing inductance needs to be
LED driver as large as possible. On the other hand, in order to ensure
the minimum switching loss, the magnetizing inductance
The ­MC3 LLC resonant LED driver adopts multiple trans- needs to be small enough to achieve zero-voltage switch-
formers ­(T1, ­T2, …, ­Tk) and DC block capacitors ­(Cdc1, ­Ccd2, ing and large enough to have a small turn-off current [31].
…, ­Ccdk) to provide multi-channel outputs of the current The DC block capacitor are connected in series with the
sources, which achieves current sharing between the differ- transformer windings on the secondary side to balance the
ent channels of LEDs [11]. A system schematic is shown in forward voltage differences between pairs of LED chan-
Fig. 1. In this figure Cr is the resonant capacitor; Lr is the nels. Taking the first transformer circuit on the secondary
resonant inductance; Lm1, Lm2, …, Lmk are the magnetizing side as an example, based on the charge-balancing prin-
inductances of each of the transformers; isec1, isec2, …, iseck ciple of capacitors, the charge of the DC block capaci-
and vsec1, vsec2, …, vseck are the currents and voltages of each tor is balanced in a switching period Ts, and the charge
of the channels on the secondary side; and Io11, Io12, …, Iok1, quantities Q1 and Q2 of each half period must be equal.
Iok2 and Vo11, Vo12, …, Vok1, Vok2 are the output currents and Therefore, the average DC currents in the 2-channels,
voltages of each of the channels. Io11 = Q1/Ts and Io12 = Q2/Ts, are forced to be identical. The
To provide multiple current source outputs, the M ­ C3 average voltage VCdc1 of the DC block capacitor ­Cdc1 can
LLC resonant LED driver uses multiple independent trans- be obtained according to the volt-second balance of the
formers with identical designs to achieve good current transformer [10] as follows:
sharing. The primary side of the transformer is connected
Vo11 − Vo12
in series, and the secondary side is connected in parallel. VCdc1 = (1)
2
Since the primary side of the transformer is connected
in series, the currents in all of the transformers on the The LLC resonant converter has two resonant frequen-
primary side are identical. When the turn ratios are also cies, fr and fm:
identical, the currents in all of the transformers on the
1
secondary side are also identical. When the magnetizing fr = √ (2)
inductance of the transformer is sufficiently large, cur- 2𝜋 Lr Cr
rent sharing can be achieved through a multi-transformer
setup even when the number of LEDs is inconsistent [11]. 1
fm =
The choice of a magnetizing inductance needs to consider �
�� �
requirements such as the minimum conduction loss and the
� k
∑ (3)
2𝜋 � Lr + Lmi Cr
minimum switching loss. On the one hand, to minimize the i=1

Based on the switching frequency, f s, the LLC con-


verter has two typical working states. When f m < f s < f r,
S1 the switching device on the primary side achieves zero-
Cr Lr
T1 D11
LED11 voltage switching (ZVS), and the diode on the secondary
isec1
+ iLr +
Vo11 Io11
side achieves zero-current switching (ZCS). The current
Co11
on the secondary side of the transformer isec1 is discontinu-
+ -
Lm1
Vin
+ vsec1 Co12 + Io12
vab Vo12 ous, as shown in Fig. 2a. When fs ≥ fr, the switching device
- Cdc1
-

- D12
LED12
on the primary side achieves ZVS, and the current on the
S2
D21
LED21 secondary side of the transformer isec1 is continuous, as
T2
isec2
+ shown in Fig. 2b.
- Co21 -
Vo21 Io21
+
Lm2
vsec2 Co22

+ Io22 Lr ∕Cr
Vo22
Cdc2 - Qe = � (4)
- D22 (8N 2 𝜋 2 )Rd
LED22
LEDk1
Tk Dk1
iseck
Cok1
+
-
Vok1 Iok1 When the number of LEDs in any channel changes,
+
Lmk
vseck Cok2 + Iok2 the quality factor, Qe, is no longer a constant value. It is
Vok2
Cdck - obtained using (4), which results in a different current gain
- Dk2
LEDk2 curve at the operating point of the converter. In [11], the
normalized LLC current gain with an LED load is given
­ C3 LLC resonant LED driver
Fig. 1  Topology of an M as:

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2
vab iLr vab iLr
Qe
Qe/2
Qe/3
t
isec1
t
Qe/4
vsec1
vsec1
isec1 Qe/5

MI=Io/In
Q1
Q1 Q1 1
t
Q2 t Q2

d1Ts d2Ts d1Ts d2Ts


t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t0 t1 t2

(a) (b)
0
Fig. 2  Typical waveforms of the primary and secondary sides of a 0.5 fs/frmin 1 1.5
transformer: a fm < fs < fr; b fs ≥ fr fn=fs/fr

Fig. 3  Current gain curves of an LED driver (Qe = 10, H = 4,


Vth = 3.35 V, Vin = 24 V, N = 0.6)

I 1 B−C⋅D A+
MI = o = Vin ∕2N
⋅� ��2 �2
In �
−1 1+ 1 1− 1

2 f − 1
Vth
H f 2
+ Qe n f n n

(5) S1
Cr Lr LED11
where In is the LED current at the resonance point, Rd is T1
isec1
D11

the dynamic resistance of the LED load, H = Lm/Lr, N is the + iLr


+
Co11
+
-
Vo11 Io11
Lm1
turns ratio, fn = fs/ fr, and Vth is the turn-on voltage for the Vin
+ vsec1
Co12 + Io12
vab Vo12
LED. - Cdc1 -

-
D12
)]2
)]4 S2 LED12
LED21
[ [ ( (
1 1 1 1 T2 D21
A=− 1+ 1− 2 ,B = 1 + 1− 2 isec2
+
H fn H fn Co21 Vo21 Io21
+ -
Lm2
vsec2
[[ )]2 )2 ] Io22
( ( +
1 1 1 Co22 Vo22
C = 1+ 1− 2 + Q2e fn − - Cdc2 -

H fn fn - D22
LED22 ILED
ei -
[[ )] fs
)]2 (
Vin ∕2N 2 Drive
(
1 1 PFM PID controller ec de dt + Iref
D= 1+ 1− 2 − module i

H fn Vth KT
Fuzzy
control rules
The LLC current gain curves for different quality fac-
tors are shown in Fig. 3, where fn = 1 is at the resonant
Fig. 4  Fuzzy self-tuning PID control system schematic
point of the LLC.

ei KT
Input Fuzzy logic
ec Fuzzification Unblur
quantization reasoning
3 Fuzzy self‑tuning PID control based
Fuzzy rule
on deviation and deviation increment base

In this study, a fuzzy self-tuning PID controller is designed Fig. 5  Fuzzy control schematic
for a 4-channel ­MC3 resonant LED driver. A block dia-
gram of the control system is shown in Fig. 4. The main
goal of controlling the LED driver is to ensure that the ( )
1
output current is adjusted to its expected value even in the Gc (s) = Kp 1 + + Td s (6)
Ti s
presence of disturbances in the input voltage. Therefore, a
fuzzy self-tuning PID current-loop controller is adopted.
In the figure, the deviation ei = I ref–I LED and the devia- Fuzzy control makes online corrections to the PID
tion increment e c show the rate of change in the current parameters, and the process consists of four parts: fuzzi-
deviation ei. The transfer function of the PID controller fication, fuzzy reasoning, defuzzification, and fuzzy rule
is given as: base, as shown in Fig. 5. First, the inputs ei and ec undergo

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fuzzification. After that, the inference is carried out accord- the output current decreases, both the deviation ei and
ing to the fuzzy rule base. Then, the tuning factor KT for the the deviation increment ec increase. The tuning factor KT
proportional gain is obtained by defuzzification, and the new decreases more than in Rule (1), and the switching fre-
PID proportional gain Kp is obtained using (7): quency decreases. When fm < fs < fr, as the output current
increases, both the deviation ei and the deviation increment
Kp = KT Kpo (7) ec decrease. The tuning factor KT and the switching fre-
where Kpo is the fixed part of the proportional gain, which quency also decrease. On the other hand, when the output
is set when the switching frequency is equal to the resonant current decreases, the deviation ei increases while the devia-
frequency in series with the rated load. tion increment ec decreases. The tuning factor KT and the
Fuzzification is first carried out for ei and ec. Fuzzy terms, switching frequency both increase.
including negative big (NB), negative medium (NM), nega- (4) If the quality factor Qe decreases, the current gain
tive small (NS), zero (ZO), positive small (PS), positive curve moves upward, the output current gain increases, and
medium (PM), and positive big (PB), are used to represent the change rate of the current gain increases. When fs ≥ fr,
the fuzzy subsets of ei and ec. The fuzzy subsets of both ei as the output current increases, both the deviation ei and the
and ec are defined as {NB, NM, NS, ZO, PS, PM, PB} using deviation increment ec decrease. The tuning factor KT and
the triangular membership function. the switching frequency both increase. On the other hand,
The following tuning rules can be obtained according to when the output current decreases, the deviation ei increases
the current gain curves. while the deviation increment ec decreases. The tuning fac-
(1) At a constant quality factor Qe, when fs ≥ fr, as the tor KT and the switching frequency also decrease. When
output current increases, both the deviation ei and the devia- fm < fs < fr, as the output current increases, the deviation ei
tion increment ec decrease. The tuning factor KT is greater decreases while the deviation increment ec increases. The
than or equal to 1, and the switching frequency increases. tuning factor KT and the switching frequency both decrease.
On the other hand, when the output current decreases, both On the other hand, when the output current decreases, both
the deviation ei and the deviation increment ec increase. The the deviation ei and the deviation increment ec increase. The
tuning factor KT is less than 1, and the switching frequency tuning factor KT and the switching frequency also increase.
decreases. The above fuzzy rules are summarized in Table 1.
(2) At a constant quality factor Qe, when fm < fs < fr, as the To reduce the calculation time of the DSP program and to
output current increases, the deviation ei decreases while the expedite the system response, a fuzzy lookup table, shown in
deviation increment ec increases. The tuning factor KT and Table 2, is created according to the triangular membership
the switching frequency also decrease. On the other hand, function, fuzzy rules, and defuzzification methods, using the
when the output current decreases, both the deviation ei and Fuzzy Logic Toolbox provided in MATLAB. When the DSP
the deviation increment ec increase. The tuning factor KT and is running, the deviation ei and the deviation increment ec
the switching frequency also increase. are calculated in real time. They are then used to obtain the
(3) If the quality factor Qe increases, the current gain
curve moves downward, the output current gain decreases,
Table 2  Fuzzy lookup table ei1 ei2 ein
and the change rate of the current gain decreases. When …
f s ≥ f r, as the output current increases, the deviation e i ec1 KT11 KT21 … KTn1
decreases while the deviation increment ec increases. The ec2 KT12 KT22 … KTn2
tuning factor KT increases more than in Rule (1), and the ⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮
switching frequency increases. On the other hand, when ecn KTn1 KTn2 … KTnn

Table 1  Fuzzy rules ec ei


NB NM NS ZO PS PM PB

NB NB NB NM ZO PB PB PB
NM NB NB NM ZO PM PB PB
NS NB NB NS ZO PM PB PB
ZO NB NB NS ZO PS PS PS
PS NM NM PM ZO PS PS PS
PM NM PM PM ZO ZO ZO ZO
PB PM PM PM ZO ZO ZO ZO

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tuning factor KT from the fuzzy lookup table, and the new 16
Vo12=Vo21=Vo22=16.67V
proportional gain Kp is calculated using (7).

Vo(V)
14
12
Vo11=10V
10

0
VCdc2=0V
4 Simulation and experimental results
-1

VCdc(V)
-2
-3 VCdc1=-3.335V

The circuit parameters of the LLC resonant converter used 1


0.5

in the simulations and experiments are mainly selected from

Io(A)
0
Io11=Io12=Io21=Io22=0.3A
-0.5
[11, 12], and shown in Table 3. -1
0.0305 0.031 0.0315 0.032 0.0325 0.033 0.0335 0.034 0.0345

To verify the performance of the proposed controller, it t(s)

is compared with a PID controller having fixed parameters. (a)


The PID controller parameters used in the simulation and 16
Vo11=Vo12=Vo21=16.67V
experiment, i.e., the values of kp, ki, and kd are 0.0135, 1080,
14

Vo(V)
12
Vo22=10V
and 0, respectively. 10

VCdc2=3.335V
3
4.1 Simulation results

VCdc(V)
2
1
VCdc1=0V
0

The current sharing effect of the driver is verified first. Fig-


1
0.5

ure 6 shows voltage and current waveforms obtained from

Io(A)
0
Io11=Io12=Io21=Io22=0.3A
-0.5
simulations in Simulink when the numbers of LEDs in each -1
0.0415 0.042 0.0425 0.043 0.0435 0.044 0.0445 0.045 0.0455

of the channels are not equal. The numbers of LEDs in each t(s)

of the channels are listed in Table 4. It can be seen from the (b)
figure that the voltage differences between channel 1 and
channel 2 as well as that between channel 3 and channel Fig. 6  Steady-state response waveforms of a system when the load of
4 are shared by the capacitors C ­ dc1 and ­Cdc2, respectively. each channel is unbalanced: a unbalanced state 1; b unbalanced state
2
As a result, the current in the four channels is maintained
at 300 mA. When the numbers of LEDs are different in the
four channels, the designed driver can still output a constant 27.2 V), the output current is stabilized to a set value after
current, which shows that the current sharing effect among a short adjustment. The fuzzy PID controller is observed
the channels is relatively good. to have a faster recovery, a smaller current overshoot, and
When the input voltage (V in) changes, the dynamic stronger robustness than the conventional PID controller.
responses of the output currents of the fuzzy and conven-
tional PID controllers are shown in Fig. 7. It can be seen 4.2 Experimental setup
from this figure that both of the controllers are capable of
adjusting the output current to its required value. When Vin An experimental setup was established to verify the control
decreases (i.e., at t = 8 ms when Vin changes from 24 to 22 V, strategy proposed in this paper. It includes a digital signal
and at t = 20 ms when Vin changes from 27.2 V to 24 V) and processor (DSP28335), an ­MC3 LLC resonant LED driver
increases (i.e., at t = 16 ms when Vin changes from 22 V to circuit, four LEDs, and a sampling network, as shown in
Fig. 8. The main circuit parameters are selected according
to the specifications in Table 3.
Table 3  Main circuit parameters of an LLC resonant converter Voltage waveforms of the MOSFET are shown in Fig. 9.
Parameter Value It can be seen from this figure that the turn-on signal vgs is

Input voltage Vin 22 ~ 28 V


Output current (Io11 = Io12 = Io21 = Io22) 300 mA
Table 4  Number of LEDs in each channel
Rated output power 20 W
Rated power of each output 5W Unbalanced state 1 Unbal-
anced
Single LED turn-on voltage Vth 3.35 V
state 2
Series resonance inductance Lr 35 µH
Parallel resonance inductance 140 µH Channel 1 3 5
Lm (Lm1 = Lm2 = 70 µH) Channel 2 5 5
Series resonance capacitor Cr 47 nF Channel 3 5 5
DC block capacitor (Cdc1 = Cdc2) 0.22 µF Channel 4 5 3

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0.35 Fuzzy PID controller


0.3
0.25
Vo12(10V/div)
0.31
PID
ILED(A)

0.2 Vo11(10V/div)
0.305
0.15
0.3 VCdc1(5V/div) Io11(500mA/div)
0.1
0.05 0.295 Io11(500mA/div)
VCdc1(2V/div)
0 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 Io12(500mA/div) Io12(500mA/div)
×10-3

0 0.004 0.008 0.012 0.016 0.02 0.024


5ms/div 5ms/div
27
(a) (b)
26
VCdc2(2V/div)
25
Vin(V)

Vo22(10V/div)
24 Vo21(10V/div)

23
VCdc2(2V/div) Io21(500mA/div)
22

0 0.004 0.008 0.012 0.016 0.02 0.024 Io21(500mA/div)

t(s) Io22(500mA/div) Io22(500mA/div)

5ms/div 5ms/div
Fig. 7  Dynamic response waveforms of a system under changes in
the input voltage (c) (d)

Fig. 10  Typical waveforms of unbalanced state 1: a, b voltage and


current waveforms corresponding to Channel 1, Channel 2, and a DC
block capacitor; c, d voltage and current waveforms corresponding to
Half-bridge inverter
switching network
Channel 3, Channel 4, and a DC block capacitor
DSP28335
T1
VCdc1(2V/div)
VCdc2(5V/div)
Secondary Vo21(10V/div)
network 1 Vo22(10V/div)
vab (20V/div)
Secondary
Io22(500mA/div)
network 2 Resonant network

Io21(500mA/div) Io21(500mA/div)

2.5µs/div 5ms/div
4-channel Sampling
LED T2 network (a) (b)

Fig. 11  Typical waveforms of unbalanced state 2: a voltage and cur-


rent waveforms corresponding to Channel 3, a square wave, and a DC
Fig. 8  Experimental setup block capacitor; b voltage and current waveforms corresponding to
Channel 3, Channel 4, and a DC block capacitor

applied only after a certain time interval after the drain-


source voltage vds decreases to 0, which achieves zero-volt-
age switching and reduces the system loss.
Figure 10 shows waveforms of the output voltage, output
vgs (5V/div) current, and voltage of a capacitive DC divider when the sys-
tem is in the steady state, with the load at unbalanced state 1.
It can be seen from this figure that the output currents from
the four channels are exactly the same at 300 mA. The volt-
vds (10V/div) age of channel 1, Vo11, is 10 V; and the voltage of channel
2, Vo12, is 16.7 V. The voltage difference between the two
channels is borne by the capacitive DC divider ­Cdc1. In addi-
tion, it can be seen from Fig. 10a that VCdc1 = − 3.35 V. It can
be seen from Fig. 10c and 10d that channel 3 and channel 4
1µs/div have the same voltages of 16.7 V. As a result, VCdc2 = 0 V.
Figure 11 shows waveforms of the system in the steady
state, with a load at an unbalanced state 2. It can be seen
Fig. 9  Voltage waveforms of a MOSFET from this figure that the output currents from the four

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Vin (20V/div) Vin (20V/div)

vab (10V/div) Io11 (500mA/div) Io11 (500mA/div)

36ms

200mA

250mA
34ms

50ms/div 50ms/div

(a) (b)

Fig. 14  Conventional PID control system dynamic response wave-


forms: a input voltage increases; b input voltage decreases
iLr (1A/div)

2.5µs/div schemes, respectively. It can be seen from a comparison


of these figures that when the input voltage increases or
decreases, the fuzzy PID control has smaller current fluc-
Fig. 12  Resonant inductor current waveforms of a system under
unbalanced State 2 tuations, faster recovery times, and better resistance to input
voltage disturbances than the conventional PID control
scheme.
Table 5  Values of the output voltage, DC block capacitor voltage,
and output current under unbalanced state 2

Output voltage of each channel (V) Vo11 Vo12 Vo21 Vo22


5 Conclusion
16.7 16.7 16.7 10

DC block capacitor voltage (V) VCdc1 VCdc2 A fuzzy self-tuning PID controller was designed for a reso-
0 3.35 nant LED driver. The designed controller has good dynamic
Output current of each channel (mA) Io11 Io12 Io21 Io22 performance and robustness. When there are disturbances in
300 300 300 300 the input voltage or unbalanced LEDs, the driver can output
currents in multiple channels with relatively good current
sharing effects. In addition, soft switching is achieved, which
reduces the power loss. The proposed fuzzy control method
Vin (20V/div) Vin (20V/div) does not depend on a precise model of the control target.
Io11 (500mA/div)
17ms Moreover, the fuzzy control rules are simple and effec-
tive, and the calculation load is small. Hence, the proposed
120mA

method is suitable for the control of LLC resonant LED


driver systems since it is difficult to establish small-signal
80mA

18ms
Io11 (500mA/div)
models for such systems.
50ms/div 50ms/div

(a) (b) Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Key Program of
Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province of China under Grant
Fig. 13  Fuzzy PID control system dynamic response waveforms: a 2018GXNSFDA281037 and the National Natural Science Foundation
input voltage increases; b input voltage decreases of China under Grant 51667005.

Conflicts of interest On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author


states that there is no conflict of interest.
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4, Vo22, is 10 V; and the voltage of channel 3, Vo21, is 16.7 V.
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Yimin Lu received her B.S. degree ENG, UK. From 2014 to 2015, she was a Visiting Research Scholar in
in Measurement Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering and WEMPEC, University
Instrumentation from Southeast of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Her current research inter-
University, Nanjing, China, in ests include control theory and its applications in power electronics.
1992; her M.S. degree in Control
Theory and Control Engineering Xin Ge was born in Zhuzhou,
from Guangxi University, Nan- China, in 1996. He received his
ning, China, in 2000; and her B.S. degree in Electrical Engi-
Ph.D. degree in Control Theory neering and Automation from
and Control Engineering from the Hunan University of Science
the South China University of and Technology, Xiangtan,
Technology, Guangzhou, China, China, in 2018. He is presently
in 2004. In 1992, she became a working towards his M.S. degree
Teaching Assistant in the School at Guangxi University, Nanning,
of Electrical Engineering, China. His current research
Guangxi University, where she is interest includes wireless power
presently working as a Professor of Electrical Engineering. From 2007 transmission control and its
to 2008, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Elec- applications.
tronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield,

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