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Robust Feedback Stabilization of Limit Cycles in PWM DC-DC Converters

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Local feedback stabilization of limit cycles in PWM DC-DC converters isconsidered, using recently developed general sampled-data models. Thepaper focuses on converters for which the nominal operating conditionhas lost stability due to off-design operation. The results apply tostabilization of the nominal periodic operating condition. In addition,the same approach can be used to stabilize other limit cycles such asthose embedded in a possible chaotic trajectory. Two feedbackstabilization schemes are proposed and studied in detail. The firststabilization technique uses voltage reference compensation and thesecond uses dynamic ramp compensation. Both employ discrete-time washoutfilters to ensure preservation of the size and shape of the limit cycle.Washout filters ensure that the nominal operating branch is unaffectedby the control, without the need for accurate knowledge of the limitcycle.

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Fang, CC., Abed, E.H. Robust Feedback Stabilization of Limit Cycles in PWM DC-DC Converters. Nonlinear Dynamics 27, 295–309 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014402431119

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