V2ic Control: A Novel Control Technique with Very Fast Response under Load and Voltage Steps

Abstract

High switching frequencies (several MHz) allow the integration of low power DC/DC converters. Although, in theory, a high switching frequency would make possible to implement a conventional voltage mode control with very high bandwidth, in practice, parasitic effects and robustness make very complex to achieve bandwidths higher than 1MHz. This paper proposes a fast control technique to optimize the dynamic response of high switching frequency DC/DC converters. The proposed control is based on two loops. The fast internal loop has information of the output capacitor current and the error voltage, providing fast dynamic response under load and output voltage reference steps, while the slow external voltage loop provides accurate steady state regulation. Experimental results validate the fast dynamic response of the proposed control under load and output voltage reference steps and its suitability for high switching frequencies.