A unified observer for robust sensorless control of DC–DC converters

• DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2017.01.012
• Publication Date: 2017-02-04T14:45:19Z
• Authors: Gionata Cimini; Gianluca Ippoliti; Giuseppe Orlando; Sauro Longhi; Rosario Miceli
• Keywords: Observer (physics); Buck converter

Abstract Due to the large variety of converters' configurations, many different sensorless controllers are available in the literature, each one suited for a particular converter. The need for different configurations, especially on the same power supply, make it clear the advantage of having a shared control algorithm. This paper presents a unified nonlinear robust current observer for buck, boost and buck–boost converters in synchronous and asynchronous configurations. The unified observer speeds up the design, tuning and the implementation, and requires a memory cheaper code, easier to certify. Simulation and experimental results are presented to validate the approach in different scenarios.