A GENERAL UNIFIED APPROACH
TO MODELLING SWITCHING-CONVERTER POWER STAGES
RD.MIDDLEBROOK AND SLOBODAN CUK
ABSTRACT
A method f o r modelling switching-converter
power s t a g e s is developed, whose s t a r t i n g po in t
is the u n i f i e d s ta te - space r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e
switched networks and whose end r e s u l t i s e i t h e r a
complete s tate-space d e s c r i p t i o n o r i t s equiva len t
small-signal low-frequency l i n e a r c i r c u i t model.
A new canonica l c i r c u i t model is proposed,
whose f ixed topology conta ins a l l t h e e s s e n t i a l
input-output and c o n t r o l p r o p e r t i e s of any dc-to-
dc switching conver te r , r e g a r d l e s s of i t s d e t a i l e d
conf igura t ion , and by which d i f f e r e n t conver te r s
can be charac te r ized i n t h e form of a t a b l e con-
ven ien t ly s t o r e d i n a computer d a t a bank t o pro-
v i d e a u s e f u l t o o l f o r computer a ided design and
opt imizat ion. The new canonical c i r c u i t model
p r e d i c t s t h a t , i n genera1,switching a c t i o n i n t r o -
duces both zeros and p o l e s i n t o t h e duty r a t i o t o
output t r a n s f e r func t ion i n add i t ion t o those from
the e f f e c t i v e f i l t e r network.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Brief Review of Exis t ing Modelling Techniques
I n modelling of switching conver te r s i n
genera l , and power s t a g e s i n p a r t i c u l a r , two
main approaches - one based on s ta te - space
modelling and t h e o t h e r us ing an averaging
technique - have been developed ex tens ive ly ,
but t h e r e has been l i t t l e c o r r e l a t i o n between
them. The f i r s t approach remains s t r i c t l y i n
t h e domain of equa t ion manipulat ions, and
hence r e l i e s heav i ly on numerical methods and
computerized Implementationa. Its primary
advantage is i n t h e u n i f i e d d e s c r i p t i o n of a l l
Pover s t a g e s r e g a r d l e s s of t h e type (buck. boost .
buck-boost o r any o t h e r v a r i a t i o n ) through
u t i l i z a t i o n of t h e exac t s ta te-space equa t ions
of t h e two switched models. -On t h e o t h e r hand,
Proceseing Systems .'I
based on equiva len t c i r c u i t manipulat ions,
r e s u l t i n g i n a s i n g l e equ iva len t l i n e a r c i r c u i t
model of t h e p a r e r s tage . This has t h e d i s t i n c t
advantage of providing t h e c i r c u i t designer with
phys ica l i n s i g h t i n t o t h e behaviour of the
o r i g i n a l switched c i r c u i t , and of al lowing t h e
powerful t o o l s of l i n e a r c i r c u i t a n a l y s i s and
s y n t h e s i s t o be used t o t h e f u l l e s t ex ten t i n
design of r e g u l a t o r s incorpora t ing switching
conver te r s .
1.2 Proposed New State-Space Averaging Approach
The method proposed i n t h i s paper bri-dges t h e
gap e a r l i e r considered t o e x i s t between t h e s t a t e -
space technique and t h e averaging technique of
modelling power s t a g e s by i n t r o d u c t i o n of s t a t e -
space averaged modelling. At t h e same time i t
o f f e r s t h e advantages of both e x i s t i n g methods -
t h e genera l u n i f i e d t reatment of t h e s ta te - space
approach, a s w e l l a s an equiva len t l i n e a r c i r c u i t
model a s i t s f i n a l r e s u l t . Furthermore, it makes
c e r t a i n g e n e r a l i z a t i o n s p o s s i b l e , which otherwise
could no t be achieved.
The proposed s ta te - space averaging method,
o u t l i n e d i n t h e Flowchart of Fig. 1, al lows a
u n i f i e d t rea tment of a l a r g e v a r i e t y of power
s t a g e s c u r r e n t l y used, s i n c e t h e averaging s t e p
i n t h e s ta te - space domain is very simple and c l e a r l y
defined (compare blocks l a and 2a) . I t merely
c o n s i s t s of averaging t h e two exac t s ta te - space
d e s c r i p t i o n s of t h e switched models over a s i n g l e
c y c l e T, where f s = 1/T is t h e switching frequency
(block 2a) . Hence t h e r e i s no need f o r s p e c i a l
"know-howf' i n massaging t h e two switched c i r c u i t
models i n t o t o p o l o g i c a l l y equ iva len t forms i n o r d e r
t o apply c i rcu i t -o r ien ted procedure d i r e c t l y , a s
requ i red i n [ l ] (block l c ) . Nevertheless , through
a hybrid model l ing technique (block 2c) , t h e c i r -
c u i t s t r u c t u r e of t h e averaged c i r c u i t model
(block 2b) can be r e a d i l y recognized from t h e
averaged s tate-space model (block 2a) . Hence
a l l t h e b e n e f i t s of t h e previous averaging
technique a r e r e t a i n e d . Even though t h i s out-
I n e i t h e r case , a p e r t u r b a t i o n and l i n e a r i z a t i o n
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Fig. 1, Flowchart of averaged modelling approaches
process requi red t o inc lude the duty r a t i o
modulation e f f e c t proceeds i n a very s t r a i g h t f o r -
ward and formal manner, thus emphasizing the
corner-stone charac ter of blocks 2a and 2b. At
t h i s s t age (block 2a o r 2b) t h e s teady-s ta te (dc)
and l i n e t o output t r a n s f e r funct ions a r e a l ready
ava i l ab l e , a s indica ted by blocks 6a and 6b
r e spec t ive ly , while t he duty r a t i o t o output
t r a n s f e r funct ion is a v a i l a b l e a t t h e f ina l -s tage
model (4a o r 4b) a s i nd i ca t ed by blocks 7a and 7b.
The two f i n a l s t age models (4a and 4b) then g ive
t h e complete desc r ip t ion of t he switching
converter by inc lus ion of both independent con-
t r o l s , t he l i n e vo l t age v a r i a t i o n and t h e duty
r a t i o modulation.
Even though t h e c i r c u i t t ransformation pa th
b might be p re fe r r ed from the p r a c t i c a l design
s tandpoint , t he s ta te -space averaging path a is
invaluable i n reaching some genera l conclusions
about the small-signal low-frequency models of
any dc-to-dc switching conver ter (even those
y e t t o be invented) . Whereas, f o r path b , one
has t o be prekented with t he p a r t i c u l a r c i r c u i t
i n order t o proceed with modelling, f o r path a
t h e f i n a l s ta te -space averaged equat ions (block
48) give t h e complete model desc r ip t ion through
genera l mat r ices A1, A2 and vec to r s bl, b2'
c T, and c2T of t h e two s t a r t i n g switched models
( h o c k l a ) . This i s a l s o why a long path b i n
t h e Flowchart a p a r t i c u l a r example of a boost
power s t a g e wi th p a r a s i t i c e f f e c t s was chosen,
while along pa th a genera l equat ions have been
re ta ined . S p e c i f i c a l l y , f o r t h e boost power
s t age bl = b2 - b. This example w i l l be l a t e r
pursued i n d e t a i l along both paths.
I n add i t i on t h e s ta te -space averaging
approach o f f e r s a c l e a r i n s i g h t i n t o t h e
q u a n t i t a t i v e n a t u r e of t h e b a s i c averaging
approximation, which becomes b e t t e r t he f u r t h e r
t h e e f f e c t i v e low-pass f i l t e r corner frequency
f is below the switching frequency f,, t h a t is ,
f z / f s << 1. This is , however, shown t o be
equiva lent t o t h e requirement f o r smal l output
vol tage r i p p l e , and hence does n o t pose any
s e r i o u s r e s t r i c t i o n o r l i m i t a t i o n on modelling
of prac r i c a l dc-to-dc conver ters .
F i n a l l y , t h e s ta te -space averaging approach
se rves a s a b a s i s f o r de r iva t ion of a u s e f u l
genera l c i r c u i t model t h a t desc r ibes t h e input-
output and c o n t r o l p rope r t i e s of any dc-to-dc
conver ter .
1 .3 New Canonical C i r c u i t Model
The culminat ion of any of t h e s e der iva-
tions along e i t h e r pa th a o r pa th b i n t h e
Flowchart of Fig. 1 is an equiva len t c i r c u i t
(block 5) , v a l i d f o r smal l - s igna l low-f requency
v a r i a t i o n s superimposed upon a dc o p e r a t i n g
p o i n t , t h a t r e p r e s e n t s t h e two t r a n s f e r func t ions
of i n t e r e s t f o r a swi tch ing conver te r . These
.re the l i n e vo l tage t o ou tpu t and duty r a t i o
to output t r a n s f e r f u n c t i o n s .
The e q u i v a l e n t c i r c u i t i s a canonica l model
t h a t con ta ins t h e e s s e n t i a l p r o p e r t i e s of
dc-to-dc swi tch ing c o n v e r t e r , r e g a r d l e s s of t h e
de ta i led conf igura t ion . A s seen i n block 5 f o r
the general case, t h e model inc ludes an i d e a l
transformer t h a t d e s c r i b e s t h e b a s i c d c - t e d c
t ransformation r a t i o from l i n e t o o u t p u t ; a
low-pass f i l t e r whose element va lues depend upon
the dc duty r a t i o ; and a v o l t a g e and a c u r r e n t
generator p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e duty r a t i o modula-
t i o n input .
The canonica l model i n block 5 of t h e Flow-
c h a r t can be obtained fol lowing e i t h e r pa th a o r
path b, namely from b lock 4a o r 4b, a s w i l l be
&own l a t e r . However, fol lowing t h e g e n e r a l
d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e f i n a l averaged model i n block
ha, c e r t a i n g e n e r a l i z a t i o n s about t h e canonica l
model a r e made p o s s i b l e , which a r e o therwise no t
achievable. Namely, even though f o r a l l c u r r e n t l y
known switching dc-to-dc conver te r s (such a s t h e
buck, boos t , buck-boost, Venable 1 3 1 , Weinberg [ 4 ]
and a number of o t h e r s ) t h e frequency dependence
appears on ly i n t h e du ty- ra t io dependent v o l t a g e
generator bu t n o t i n t h e c u r r e n t genera tor , and the
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po les of t h e e f f e c t i v e f i l t e r network which
e s s e n t i a l l y c o n s t i t u t e t h e l i n e v o l t a g e t o ou tpu t
t r a n s f e r func t ion . Moreover, i n g e n e r a l , both
duty- ra t io dependent g e n e r a t o r s , v o l t a g e and cur-
r e n t , a r e frequency dependent ( a d d i t i o n a l ze ros
and p o l e s ) . That i n t h e p a r t i c u l a r c a s e s of t h e
boost o r buck-boost conver te r s t h i s dependence
reduces t o a f i r s t o rder polynomial r e s u l t s from
the f a c t t h a t - t h e order of t h e system which i s
involved i n t h e swi tch ing a c t i o n i s only two.
Hence from t h e g e n e r a l r e s u l t , t h e o rder of t h e
Polynomial i s a t most one, though i t could reduce
t o a pure c o n s t a n t , a s i n t h e buck o r t h e Venable
converter [ 3 ] .
The s i g n i f i c a n c e of t h e new c i r c u i t model i s
t h a t any swi tch ing dc-to-dc conver te r can be
reduced t o t h i s canonica l f ixed topology form,
a t l e a s t a s f a r a s i t s input-output and c o n t r o l
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elements depend on duty r a t i o D ) , and t h e conf i -
gura t ion chosen which opt imizes t h e s i z e and
weight. Also, comparison of t h e frequency depen-
dence of t h e two d u t y - r a t i o dependent g e n e r a t o r s
provides i n s i g h t i n t o t h e ques t ion of s t a b i l i t y
once a r e g u l a t o r feedback loop i s c l o s e d .
1.4 Extension t o Complete Regulator Treatment
F i n a l l y , a l l t h e r e s u l t s obtained i n model l ing
t h e conver te r o r , more a c c u r a t e l y , t h e network
which e f f e c t i v e l y t a k e s p a r t i n swi tch ing a c t i o n ,
can e a s i l y be incorpora ted i n t o more complicated
systems conta in ing dc-to-dc conver te r s . For
example, by model l ing t h e modulator s t a g e along t h e
same l i n e s , one can o b t a i n a l i n e a r c i r c u i t model
of a closed-loop swi tch ing r e g u l a t o r . Standard
l i n e a r feedback theory ran then be used f o r both
a n a l y s i s and s y n t h e s i s , s t a b i l i t y c o n s i d e r a t i o n s ,
and proper des ign of feedback compensating ne t -
works f o r m u l t i p l e loop a s w e l l a s s ingle- loop
r e g u l a t o r c o n f i g u r a t i o n s .
2. STATE-SPACE AVERAGING
In t h i s s e c t i o n t h e s ta te - space averaging
method i s developed f i r s t i n g e n e r a l f o r any dc-
to-dc switching c o n v e r t e r , and then demonstrated
i n d e t a i l f o r the p a r t i c u l a r c a s e of t h e boost
power s t a g e i n which p a r a s i t i c e f f e c t s ( e s r of
t h e c a p a c i t o r and s e r i e s r e s i s t a n c e of t h e in -
duc tor ) a r e included. General equa t ions f o r
both s teady-s ta te (dc) and dynamic performance
(ac) a r e obtained, from which important t r a n s f e r
in func t ions a r e der ived and a l s o a p p l i e d t o the
s p e c i a l c a s e of t h e boost power s t a g e .
swi tch ing between two l i n e a r networks c o n s i s t i n g
of i d e a l l y l o s s l e s s s t o r a g e elements , inductances
and capaci tances. I n p r a c t i c e , t h i s func t ion may
be obtained by use of t r a n s i s t o r s and d iodes
which o p e r a t e a s synchronous swi tches . On t h e
assumption t h a t t h e c i r c u i t o p e r a t e s i n the so-
c a l l e d "continuous conduction" mode i n which t h e
ins tan taneous induc tor c u r r e n t does no t f a l l t o
ze ro a t any p o i n t i n t h e c y c l e , t h e r e a r e only
two d i f f e r e n t " s t a t e s " of t h e c i r c u i t . Each s t a t e ,
however, can be represen ted by a l i n e a r c i r c u i t
model ( a s shown i n block l b of Fig. 1 ) o r by a
corresponding s e t of s t a t e - s p a c e equa t ions (block
l a ) . Even though any s e t of l i n e a r l y independent
v a r i a b l e s can be chosen a s t h e s t a t e v a r i a b l e s ,
i t is customary and convenient i n e l e c t r i c a l
networks t o adopt t h e i n d u c t o r c u r r e n t s and capa-
c i t o r vo l tages . The t o t a l number of s t o r a g e
elements t h u s determines t h e order of t h e system.
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equa t ions f o r t h e two switched models:
(i) i n t e rva l Td : (11) in t e rva l Td ' :
where Td denotes the in t e rva l when the switch i s
i n the on s t a t e a n d T ( l -d ) 5 ~ d ' i s the in terval
for which it i s i n t h e o f f s t a t e , as shown i n
Fig. 2 . The s t a t i c equations y l = clTx and
y = c2Tx are necessary i n order t o account for
t i e case when t h e output quanti ty does not
s w ~ t c h d r i v e
o f f 7 k r- 1 Td Td' 4
Fig. 2. De f in i t i on o f t h e two switched in t e rva l s
Td and Td' .
coincide with any o f t h e s t a t e var iab le s , but
i s rather a cer ta in l inear combination o f the
s ta t e variable$.
Our objec t ive now i s t o replace the s ta te-
space description o f t h e two l inear c i r c u i t s
emanating from the two successive phases o f the
switching cyc le T by a s ingle state-space des-
cr ip t ion which represents approximately the beha-
viour o f the c i r c u i t across the whole period T .
We there fore propose the following simple avera-
ging s t ep : take t h e average o f both dynamic and
s t a t i c equations for the two switched in t e rva l s
( I ) , by summing t h e equations for in t e rva l Td
mult ipl ied by d and the equations for in t e rva l
Td' mult ipl ied by d ' . The following l inear
continuous system r e s u l t s :
A f t e r rearranging ( 2 ) i n t o t h e standard
l inear continuous system state-space descr ip t ion ,
we obtain the basic averaged state-space descrip-
t i o n (over a s ingle period T ) :
This model i s the bas ic averaged model which
i s the s ta r t ing model f o r a l l other derivations
(both state-space and c i rcu i t o r i en ted ) .
Note tha t i n the above equations t h e duty
r a t i o d i s considered constant; it i s not a time
dependent var iable ( y e t ) , and particularly not a
switched discontinuous variable which changes
between 0 and 1 as i n [ l ] and [ 2 ] , but i s merely
a f ixed number for each cycle . This i s evident
from the model der ivat ion i n Appendix A. In
par t icular , when d = 1 (swi tch constantly on)
the averaged model ( 3 ) reduces t o switched
model (11) , and when d = 0 (swi tch o f f ) i t
reduces t o switched model (111) .
In essence, comparison between ( 3 ) and ( 1 )
shows tha t the system matrix o f the averaged
model i s obtained by taking t h e average o f two
switched model matrices A and A2, i t s control i s
the average o f two control vec tors bl and b 2 , and
i t s output i s t he average o f two outputs yl and
y over a period T . 2
The j u s t i f i c a t i o n and the nature o f the
approximation i n subs t i t u t ion for t h e two switched
models o f (1) by averaged model (3) i s indicated
i n Appendix A and given i n more d e t a i l i n [b].
The bas ic approximation made, however, i s that
o f approximation o f t h e fundamental matrix
eAt = I + At + by i t s f i rs t -order l inear
term. This i s , i n turn,shown i n Appendix B t o
be the same approximation necessary t o obtain the
dc condit ion independent o f t h e storage element
values (L,C) and dependent on the dc duty r a t i o
only. I t a l so coincides w i th the requirement for
low output voltage r i p p l e , which i s shown i n
Appendix C t o be equivalent t o f c / f << 1 ,
namely the e f f e c t i v e f i l t e r corner frequency
much lower than the switching frequency.
The model represented by ( 3 ) is an averaged
model over a s ingle period T . I f we now assume
tha t the duty r a t i o d i s constant from cycle t o
c y c l e , namely, d = D (steady s t a t e dc duty r a t i o ) ,
we get :
where
Since ( 4 ) i s a l i near system, superposition
holds and it can be per t~rbed by introduction o f
l i n e voltage var ia t ions v as v = V + C , where
V i s the dc l i n e input v81tagef cauging 8
c8rrespo:ding perturbation i n the s t a t e vector
x = X + X , where !gain X i s t he dc value o f the
s t a t e vector and x the superFposed ac pertur-
bation. S imi lar l y , y = Y + y , and
Separation o f the steady-state (dc) part
from the dynamic (ac ) part then resu l t s i n the
steady s ta te (dc ) model
and the dynamic (ac ) model
I t i s
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