US 12,259,713 B2Granted

Automatic tuning of a proportional-integral-derivative controller for DC-DC buck switching power converter

AssigneeKhalifa University of Science and Technology

InventorsIgor Boiko, Ahmed Shehada, Balanthi Mogru Abdul Rahiman Beig, Yan Yan

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Abstract

A method of automatically tuning a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller (102) controlling a DC-DC converter (100) includes substituting the PID controller (102) with a modified relay feedback test (MRFT) (104) controller having a threshold parameter (β) and a magnitude parameter (h), iteratively determining a current error signal (e[k]) by measuring an output voltage (Vo[k]) of the DC-DC converter (100) and comparing it to a desired reference output voltage (Vo-ref), input the error signal (e[k]) to the MRFT (104), determining an output value (u[k]) of the MRFT, update the duty cycle (D) based on the output value (u[k]), operating the DC-DC converter (100) using the updated duty cycle (D), exciting oscillations in the loop containing the MRFT (104) and the DC-DC converter (100), measuring a frequency (Ω0) and amplitude (α0) of the output voltage (Vo[k]), updating PID controller parameters based on the frequency (Ω0) and amplitude (α0), and substituting the MRFT (104) with the PID controller (102).

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method of automatically tuning a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller controlling a DC-DC buck switching power converter, comprising:

a) substituting the PID controller with a modified relay feedback test (MRFT) block having an MRFT magnitude (h) and a threshold parameter (β);
b) determining a current error signal (e[k]) by measuring an output voltage (Vo[k]) of the DC-DC buck switching power converter and comparing the output voltage (vo) to a desired reference output voltage (Vo-ref);
c) inputting the error signal (e[k]) to the MRFT block;
d) producing a MRFT block output signal u[k] in accordance with MRFT block equations, which can only be D+h or D−h, where D is a nominal duty-cycle, and updating the nominal duty cycle (D) to the value given by the controller output signal u[k];
e) operating the DC-DC buck switching power converter using the updated nominal duty cycle (D);
f) repeating steps from b) through e), which results in generation of self-excited oscillations due to the switching of the MRFT block output between the values D+h and D−h, until a predefined number of cycles (Ncycles) is observed;
g) measuring a frequency (Ω0) and amplitude (a0) of oscillations of the output voltage (Vo[k]) of the DC-DC buck switching power converter;
h) updating PID controller parameters based on the frequency (Ω0) and amplitude (a0) of the oscillations of the voltage output (Vo[k]) of the DC-DC buck switching power converter;
and
i) substituting the MRFT block with the PID controller.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having data stored therein representing software executable by a computer, the software including instructions to:

switch a controller circuit of a DC-DC buck switching power converter from a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller enforcing a nominal duty cycle (D) of the converter to a modified relay feedback test (MRFT) block having an MRFT magnitude (h) and a threshold parameter (β);
determine a current error signal (e[k]) by measuring an output voltage (Vo[k]) of the DC-DC buck switching power converter and comparing the output voltage (Vo[k]) to a desired reference output voltage (Vo-ref);
input the error signal (e[k]) to the MRFT block;
determine a controller output signal (u[k]) of the MRFT block;
update the nominal duty cycle (D) to the value given by the controller output signal (u[k]);
operate the DC-DC buck switching power converter using the updated nominal duty cycle (D);
observe appearance of self-excited oscillations and repeat the preceding instructions for a predetermined number of cycles (Ncycles) of these oscillations;
measure a frequency (Ω0) and amplitude (a0) of oscillations of the output voltage (Vo[k]) of the DC-DC buck switching power converter;
update PID controller parameters based on the frequency (Ω0) and amplitude (ao) of the oscillations of the voltage output (Vo[k]) of the DC-DC buck switching power converter;
and
switch the controller circuit of the DC-DC buck switching power converter from a MRFT block to the PID controller.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/010,087Filed 29 Jun 2021 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 Jun 2020
Published: US 2023/0266743 A124 Aug 2023
Granted: 25 Mar 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G05B 11/42
With provision for obtaining particular characteristics, e.g. proportional, integral, differential: for obtaining a characteristic which is both…
G05B 19/4155
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G05B 2219/42033
Servomotor, servo controller kind till VSS: kind of servo controller
G05B
Control or regulating systems in general