Stability Issue of Cascaded Systems with Consideration of Switching Ripple Interaction

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Original languageEnglish
Article number8494812
Pages (from-to)7040-7052
Journal / PublicationIEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Volume34
Issue number7
Online published16 Oct 2018
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2019
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

Impedance-based criteria are often used for assessing the stability of cascaded converter systems. In this paper, it is pointed out that the switching ripple interaction (SRI) between the source converter and the load converter in a cascaded system would change the gain of the pulsewidth modulation of the source converter, causing the cut-off frequency and the phase margin of the source converter to change accordingly. Thus, even if a cascaded system is shown to be stable under an impedance-based criterion, it can, in fact, be unstable due to the SRI. This paper proposes an adaptive modulation sample-and-hold method for eliminating the effect of the SRI. A 48 V-12 V-5 V cascaded system consisting of two buck converters is tested for verification.

Research Area(s)

  • Adaptive, Cascaded system, Sample-and-hold, stability issue, Switching ripple interaction (SRI)

Citation Format(s)

Stability Issue of Cascaded Systems with Consideration of Switching Ripple Interaction. / Li, Xin; Ruan, Xinbo; Xiong, Xiaoling et al.

In: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 34, No. 7, 8494812, 07.2019, p. 7040-7052.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62)21_Publication in refereed journalpeer-review