Lecture 5
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Experiment 3
Buck converter
Battery charge controller
Peak power tracker
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Due dates
Now:
Take Quiz 2, on Exp. 2
Next week:
Exp. 3 part 2 prelab assignment: MPPT algorithm
Late assignments will not be accepted.
Due at noon next Tuesday in D2L
This week:
Finish Exp. 3 part 1!
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Exp. 3, Part 1
Demonstrate buck power stage
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Heatsinks
The power semiconductors generally require heatsinks. Example—
from the HUF35371 (our 55 V, 34 mΩ MOSFET) datasheet:
Multiply thermal resistance by power loss to find temperature rise
With no heatsink, the thermal resistance is quite high (62˚C/W)
With a 25˚C ambient temperature and no heatsink, this device will reach the
rated limit of 175˚C if its power dissipation is
Ploss = (175˚C – 25˚C)/(62˚C/W) = 2.4 W
A heatsink can lower this temperature rise considerably. The junction-to-
case thermal resistance is only 1.6 ˚C/W.
For reliability reasons, we like to limit temperature rises to much lower
values— perhaps a few tens of ˚C
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Heatsinks:
Thermal model
Thermal equivalent circuit model
The parts kit heatsinks:
From the graph, 2.4 W of loss causes a
30 ˚C rise, which would make the
heatsink operate at 55˚C for a 25˚C
ambient.
Plus junction-to-case temperature rise
of (1.6˚C/W)(2.4 W) = 4˚C
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PSPICE simulation
Exp. 3 Part 1: open loop
Buck converter model
i1(t) Ts
+
v1(t) Ts
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1
2
i2(t) Ts
+
v2(t) Ts
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3
4
CCM-DCM1
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d
PV
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PV model
Battery
model
• Use your PV model from Exp. 1
• Replace buck converter switches with averaged switch model
• CCM-DCM1 and other PSPICE model library elements are linked on
course web page
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Exp. 3 Part 2
• Implement maximum power point tracking algorithm
• Demonstrate on PV cart outside
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Sensing the battery current and voltage
Exp. 3 Part 2
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