2007 Summer Short Course

Introduction to SMPS Modeling and Control

Colorado Power Electronics Center
ECE Department
University of Colorado at Boulder
http://ece.colorado.edu/~pwrelect

Course Objectives and Overview Power Switching converter Load

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This course will give participants a basic knowledge of +
converter operation and standard analog controller design, so
that those without previous experience in the areas of vg(t) + v(t) R
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switched-mode power supply (SMPS) modeling and control Feedback
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will have the background needed for the follow-on course in
digital control of SMPS. The two-day short course begins Transistor
with a short summary of switching converter operation. gate driver Compensator
Converter modeling techniques are then discussed, along with δ(t) Pulse-width vc G v
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controller and compensator design. Numerous examples will
be worked in class. Graduates of the course will understand δ(t) vc(t) Voltage
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how to perform small-signal ac converter modeling, and to
compensate their feedback loops. dTs Ts t t

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Prerequisites
Some previous experience with switched-mode power supplies is helpful but not required. Basic (undergraduate) knowledge
of circuits, electronics, and frequency response is assumed.

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction to converter modeling Day 2: Converter feedback design

• Basic converter circuits and steady-state analysis
• Equivalent circuit modeling: averaged dc models
• Equivalent circuit modeling: how to derive averaged
small-signal ac models
• Finding the transfer functions of a converter
• Results for basic converters
• Modeling the pulse-width modulator
• Averaged switch modeling and simulation
• Objectives of SMPS feedback systems
• Review of Bode diagrams and some design-oriented
analysis techniques applied to converter transfer
functions
• Design-oriented analysis of closed-loop transfer
functions
• Stability and phase margin
• Compensator design
• Design examples
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Schedule, Location and Registration Q0
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The SMPS short course will be held at the conference Open-loop || Gvg || f0
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and laboratory facilities at the Colorado Power
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Electronics Center (CoPEC), University of Colorado at –40 dB
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Boulder. Note that this course is offered directly 20 dB/decade
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preceding the three-day Digital Control of Switched-
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Mode Power Supplies course, allowing participants to –80 dB Closed-loop || Gvg || / || 1 + T ||
take both courses.
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Session Date: August 6 – 7, 2007 (Monday and Tuesday)

Enrollments will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration fees are listed below. Participants employed
by CoPEC sponsor companies receive a member discount; please feel free to contact the instructor to determine whether
your company is a current CoPEC sponsor, or for information on becoming a CoPEC sponsor. Participants can register
on-line at http://ece.colorado.edu/~pwrelect and pay by credit card, check or purchase order. Refunding of fees will incur
a 10% service charge to cover our expenses.

Included in registration: Participants will receive a bound copy of all presentation materials and a CD containing
presentation materials. Continental breakfast (8:30 – 9:00 am) and buffet lunch will be provided each day. The course
will conclude at approximately 5:00 pm each day.

Affiliation Registration Fee

CoPEC member $1,200
Non-member $1,500

Instructor
Professor Robert Erickson, Phone: 303-492-7003, Fax: 303-492-2758, e-mail: rwe@colorado.edu
Bob Erickson received the Ph.D. degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1982. He then joined the University of
Colorado, Boulder, where he is currently the Slade Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Co-Director of the
Colorado Power Electronics Center. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and received an IEEE Power Electronics Society Transactions Prize
Paper Award for 1996. He is author (with Dragan Maksimovic) of the textbook Fundamentals of Power Electronics, 2nd edition.

The Colorado Power Electronics Center

CoPEC
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309 - 0425, USA
Phone (303) 492-7327, Fax (303) 492-2758
Website: http://ece.colorado.edu/~pwrelect