Monolithic quasi-sliding-mode controller for SIDO buck converter with a self-adaptive free-wheeling current level

• Published in: Journal of semiconductors Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 15007 - 1-7
• Main Authors: Wu, Xiaobo, Liu, Qing, Zhao, Menglian, Chen, Mingyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Buck converters; CMOS; Control; Electric potential; Feasibility; Semiconductors; Simulation; Voltage
• ISSN: 1674-4926
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/1/015007

An analog implementation of a novel fixed-frequency quasi-sliding-mode controller for single-inductor dual-output (SIDO) buck converter in pseudo-continuous conduction mode (PCCM) with a self-adaptive freewheeling current level (SFCL) is presented. Both small and large signal variations around the operation point are considered to achieve better transient response so as to reduce the cross-regulation of this SIDO buck converter. Moreover, an internal integral loop is added to suppress the steady-state regulation error introduced by conventional PWM-based sliding mode controllers. Instead of keeping it as a constant value, the free-wheeling current level varies according to the load condition to maintain high power efficiency and less cross-regulation at the same time. To verify the feasibility of the proposed controller, an SIDO buck converter with two regulated output voltages, 1.8 V and 3.3 V, is designed and fabricated in HEJIAN 0.35 mu m CMOS process. Simulation and experiment results show that the transient time of this SIDO buck converter drops to 10 mu s while the cross-regulation is reduced to 0.057 mV/mA, when its first load changes from 50 to 100 mA.