The seminar will cover design and implementation of digital and mixed-signal controllers for HF dc-dc SMPS, processing power from a fraction to few hundred watts and operating at switching frequencies up to tens of MHz. The SMPS of interest form power management systems (PoMS) of virtually all electronic devices today, including space and cost constrained applications.
The targeted audience are engineers with power electronics and control background. It is expected that both novice in the area and those with years of experience will benefit from the seminar.
The seminar will start with a concise review of modern PoMS, looking at conventional and emerging converter topologies, the roles and requirements of controllers, and at control methods. Benefits and challenges associated with digital and mixed-signal control will also be addressed.
Then, an in-depth coverage of design and implementation of fully-digital voltage and current-programmed mode controllers, as well as of mixed-signal solutions, for conventional, i.e. 2-level buck and boost topologies will be given. Also, high-performance controllers will be presented.
Next we will look at new challenges of controlling emerging flying capacitor topologies (multi-level and series capacitor converters) and show solutions for the same, utilizing design principles previously shown, in the in-depth analysis.
