SMPS

VIDYA VIKAS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPATRTMENT OF ELECTRIAL AND ELECTRONICS

SEMINAR REPORT ON SMPS

BY

PRIYANKA N.

4VM06EE039

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ABSTRACT:

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CONTENTS:

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

ORIGIN OF SWITCHED MODE TECHNIQUES

DEVELOPMENTS OF SWITCHED MODE TECHNIQUES

ARCHITECTURE

TYPES OF CONTROLLED DC SUPPLY

CLASSIFICATION OF SMPS

BASED ON TYPE OF INPUT AND OUTPUT WAVEFORMS

BASED ON CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY

FORWARD CONVERTER

FLYBACK CONVERTER

PUSHPULL CONVERTER

HALF BRIDGE CONVERTER

FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER

CONTROL METHODS

SWITCH MODE TOPOLOGY APPLICATIONS

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE SCOPE

CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTION :

SMPS i.e. Switch Mode Power Supply, before starting to introduce this topic we first have to

know what power supplies are

Power Supply: A device for the conversion of available power of one set of characteristics to

another set of characteristics to meet specified requirements.

Conventional series regulated linear supplies maintain a constant voltage by dissipating excess

power in ohmic losses. The linear regulator can, therefore, tend to be very inefficient.

Switch mode power supplies uses a high frequency switch (in practice a transistor) with varying

duty cycle to maintain the output voltage. The output variations caused by the switching are

filtered out by a LC filter. These are current state of art in high efficiency.

Depending on the type of output voltage, power supplies can be categorized into two types,

they are:

AC power supplies

DC power supplies

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What is switch mode power supply?

SMPS are an extraordinary array of high frequency alternative. These are the switching

regulators of high efficiency that can step up, down and invert the input voltage

Why we go for SMPS?

Controlled dc supply can also be obtained from phase controlled rectifiers. But An AC to DC

rectifier operates at supply frequency of 50 Hz (or 60 Hz). In order to obtain almost negligible

ripple in the DC output voltage, physical size of the filter circuits required is quite large. This

makes the DC power supply inefficient bulky and weighty.

On the other hand SMPS works like DC chopper. By operating the on/off switch very rapidly, AC

ripple frequency rises which can be easily filtered by L and C filters circuits which are small in

size and less weighty. It may therefore be inferred that it is the requirement of small physical

size and weight that has led to the wide spread use of SMPS.

The output DC voltage is controlled by varying the duty cycle of the chopper by PWM of FM

techniques. SMPS can be used as linear supplies to step down a supply voltage. Unlike a linear

regulator, however, an SMPS can also provide a step up function and an inverted output

function.

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A - input EMI filtering

A - Bridge rectifier

B - Input filter capacitors

Between B and C - Primary side heat sink

C - Transformer

Between C and D - Secondary side heat sink

D - Output filter coil

E - Output filter capacitors

The coil and large yellow capacitor below E are additional input filtering components that are

mounted directly on the power input connector and are not part of the main circuit board.

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BACKGROUND:ORIGIN OF SWITCHED MODE TECHNIQUES:

The origins of switched mode converters are linked with the developments in inverter circuitry.

An inverter is a processor for generating AC from DC and is, therefore, a constituent of some

forms of switched mode power supplies. The inverters like AC-DC, DC-DC etc were developed

before the first transistors appeared and therefore, employed valves as switching elements,

such as a push pull inverter described by Wagner and thereby came transistors.

The various forms of transistors switching circuits developed during the 1950s were categorized

into three main groups by the end of the decade, namely

Ringing choke.

Self oscillating push pull and

Drive push pull converters.

DEVELOPMENTS OF SWITCH MODE TECHNIQUES:

The 1960s heralded the development of modern forms of switching regulators and switched

mode power supplies. During the early 1960s three forms of non dissipative switching

regulators were developed for low voltage DC to DC applications. They are the buck boost

regulators. The buck regulator steps down the input voltage to a lower regulated output

voltage. The boost regulator steps up the input voltage to a higher regulated level. The buck

booster regulator, also referred to as fly back regulator, is used to regulate a negative voltage at

a level higher or lower than the positive input voltage. The method of regular control in all

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cases is achieved by varying the duty ratio of the electronic switch, most commonly by pulse

width modulation.

The advances in electronics need for dc power supplies for use in Integrated circuits (ICs) and

digital circuits has increased manifold. For such electronic circuits, NASA was the first to

develop a light weight and compact switched mode power supply in 1960’s for use in its space

vehicles. Subsequently, this power supply became popular and presently, annual production of

SMPSs may be as high as 70% to 80% of the total number power supplies produced.

An adjustable switched-mode power supply for laboratory use

ARCHITECTURE:

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Input Rectifier Stage: If the SMPS has an AC input then first stage is to convert the input to

DC. This is called Rectification.

Inverter stage: The inverter stage converts DC, whether directly from the input or from the

rectifier stage described above, to AC.

Voltage converter and Output rectifier: The out transformer converts the voltage up or

down to required output level, if DC output is required then transformer output is rectified.

Regulation: A feedback circuit monitors the output voltage and compares it with a reference.

TYPES OF CONTROLLED DC VOLTAGE:

DC-DC converters are widely used in regulated power supplies and in DC motor

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drive applications. The input to these converters is an unregulated DC voltage, which is

obtained by rectifying the line voltage and therefore it will fluctuate due to changes in

the line voltages. However in the DC-DC converters, the average DC output voltage must

be controlled to equal a desired level.

There are two methods of obtaining the controlled DC output voltage at a

desired level. They are:

Multiple switch topologies

Alternative topologies

MULTIPLE SWITCH TOPOLOGIES:

The main disadvantage of the single topologies is the need for the high voltage

blocking capacity of the transistor switch (twice the DC input voltage), especially when

operating from a rectified AC mains supply. Also the single switch topology is not an

ideal solution for higher power converters, where the current rating of the transistor

switch needs to be much greater. Therefore another group of isolated converters

utilizing more than one switch can be identified. The three multiple switch topologies,

i.e.

Half bridge

Full bridge

Push-pull converters.

All are buck derived due to nature of switching involving pulsating input current

and non-pulsating current and also having an identical ideal voltage gain of the forward

converter.

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ALTERNATIVE TOPOLOGIES:

In multiple switch converters, transistor switching overlap can occur which could

cause catastrophic failure to converter by effectively applying a short circuit to the same

supply source. To eliminate this problem an alternative topology is Weinberg push-pull

converter, which is inherently self protecting when there is any possibility of component

imbalance or conduction overlap.

In all basic switched mode topologies, the finite duration of the switching

transition will cause high peak pulse power dissipation in the device. This produces

degradation in converter efficiency and worst of all, can lead to transistor destruction

during the turn off transition due to the inherent BJT second breakdown phenomenon.

Therefore the greatest amount of research into alternative switched mode topologies

has been in the field of resonant converters. These converters have tuned circuits as

part of the power conversion stage and exhibit sinusoidal voltages or currents, so

leading to transistor switching transitions at the ideal conditions.

Classification of smps:

Based on the type of input and output waveforms:

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AC in DC out: rectifier, off-line converter input stage.

DC in DC out: voltage converter or current converter, DC to DC converter.

DC in AC out: inverter.

AC in AC out: frequency changer, cyclo converter.

Based on circuit topology:

Non isolated topology: Non-isolated converters are simplest, with the

three basic types using a single inductor for energy storage. In the Voltage

relation column, D is the duty cycle of the converter, and can vary from 0 to 1.

Vin is assumed to be greater than zero; if it is negative, negate Vout to match.

Buck

Boost

Buck-Boost

Isolated topology: All isolated topologies include a transformer, and

thus can produce an output of higher or lower voltage than the input

by adjusting the turns ratio.

FORWARD CONVERTER: The forward converter is a DC/D converter that uses

transformer windings to boost the voltage and provide galvanic isolation for the load. It is more

energy efficient.

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The extra winding of a forward converter’s transformer ensures that at the start of switch

conduction, the net magnetization of the transformer core is zero. If there were no extra

winding, then after few cycles the transformer core would magnetically saturate, causing the

primary current to rise excessively, so destroying the switch (i.e., transformer). The diode on

the secondary that is connected between the 0V line and the junction of the inductor and

rectifying diode is often called the ‘flywheel diode’.

Waveforms for the forward converter are shown below.

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The output voltage of a forward converter is equal to the average of the waveform applied to

the LC filter and is given by:

Where,

Where:

n1 = secondary turns on T1

n2 = primary turns on T1

Ton= conduction time of switch

f= frequency of operation

FLYBACK CONVERTER: The forward converter is a DC/DC converter that uses transformer

windings to boost the voltage and provide galvanic isolation for the load.

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The output voltage for a flyback converter (trapezoidal current flow operation) may be

calculated as follows:

Where:

n2 = secondary turns on T1

n1 = primary turns on T1

Ton = conduction time of Q1

The control circuit monitors Vout and controls the duty cycle of the drive waveform to Q1.

If Vin increases, the control circuit will reduce the duty cycle accordingly, so as to

maintain a constant output. Likewise if the load is reduced and Vout rises, the control circuit

will act in the same way. Conversely a decrease in Vin or increase in load, will cause the duty

cycle to be increased.

It can be seen that the output voltage changes when the duty cycle, Ton x f, is changed.

However the relationship between the output voltage and duty cycle is not linear, as was the

case with the forward converter, but instead it is a hyperbolic function.

The current flow in a flyback converter can have either trapezoidal or saw tooth

characteristics, as seen below. The trapezoidal current characteristic is due to the switching

transistor turning on again before the secondary current has dropped to zero. Whilst the saw

tooth characteristic is due to the secondary current falling to zero and there being a period of

'dead time' when there is no current flow in either secondary or primary.

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PUSH-PULL CONVERTER: A push–pull converter is a type of DC to DC converter that uses a

transformer to change the voltage of a DC power supply.

The push pull converter belongs to the feed forward converter family. With reference to the

diagram above, when Q1 switches on, current flows through the 'upper' half of T1's primary

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and the magnetic field in T1 expands. The expanding magnetic field in T1 induces a voltage

across T1 secondary, the polarity is such that D2 is forward biased and D1 reverse biased. D2

conducts and charges the output capacitor C2 via L1. L1 and C2 form an LC filter network. When

Q1 turns off, the magnetic field in T1 collapses and after a period of dead time (dependent on

the duty cycle of the PWM drive signal), Q2 conducts, current flows through the 'lower' half of

T1's primary and the magnetic field in T1 expand. Now the direction of the magnetic flux is

opposite to that produced when Q1 conducted. The expanding magnetic field induces a voltage

across T1 secondary, the polarity is such that D1 is forward biased and D2 reverse biased. D1

conducts and charges the output capacitor C2 via L1. After a period of dead time, Q1 conducts

and the cycle repeats.

There are two important considerations with the push pull converter:

1. Both transistors must not conduct together, as this would effectively short circuit the supply.

Which means that the conduction time of each transistor must not exceed half of the total

period for one complete cycle, otherwise conduction will overlap.

2. The magnetic behavior of the circuit must be uniform, otherwise the transformer may

saturate, and this would cause destruction of Q1 and Q2. This requires that the individual

conduction times of Q1 and Q2 be exactly equal and the two halves of the centre-tapped

transformer primary be magnetically identical.

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These criteria must be satisfied by the control and drive circuit and the transformer.

The output voltage Vout equals the average of the waveform applied to the LC filter:

Where:

Vout = Average output voltage - Volts

Vin = Supply Voltage - Volts

n2 = half of total number of secondary turns

n1 = half of total number of primary turns

f = frequency of operation - Hertz

Ton, q1 = time period of Q1 conduction - Seconds

Ton, q2 = time period of Q2 conduction – Seconds

The control circuit monitors Vout and controls the duty cycle of the drive waveforms to Q1 and

Q2.

If Vin increases, the control circuit will reduce the duty cycle accordingly, so as to maintain a

constant output. Likewise if the load is reduced and Vout raises the control circuit will act in the

same way. Conversely, a decrease in Vin or increase in load will cause the duty cycle to be

increased.

The diagram below shows associated waveforms from the push pull converter.

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HALF BRIDGE CONVERTER:

The half bridge converter is similar to the push pull converter, but a centre tapped primary is

not required. The reversal of the magnetic field is achieved by reversing the direction of the

primary winding current flow. This type of converter is found in high power applications.

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For the half bridge converter, the output voltage Vout equals the average of the waveform

applied to the LC filter

Where:

Vout = Output Voltage - Volts

Vin = Input Voltage - Volts

n2 = 0.5 x secondary turns

n1 = primary turns

f = operating frequency - Hertz

Ton, q1 = Q1 conduction time - Seconds

Ton, q2 = Q2 conduction time - Seconds

Note that Ton,q1 = Ton,q2 and that Q1 and Q2 are never conducting at the same time.

The control circuit of a half bridge converter is similar to that of a push-pull converter.

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FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER:

The full bridge converter is similar to the push pull converter, but a centre tapped primary is not

required. The reversal of the magnetic field is achieved by reversing the direction of the primary

winding current flow. This type of converter is found in high power applications.

For the full bridge converter, the output voltage Vout equals the average of the waveform

applied to the LC filter

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Where:

Vout = Output Voltage - Volts

Vin = Input Voltage - Volts

n2 = 0.5 x secondary turns

n1 = primary turns

f = operating frequency - Hertz

Ton, q1 = Q1 conduction time - Seconds

Ton, q2 = Q2 conduction time – Seconds

Diagonal pairs of transistors will alternately conduct, thus achieving current reversal in the

transformer primary. This can be illustrated as follows - with Q1 and Q4 conducting, current

flow will be 'downwards' through the transformer primary, and with

Q2 and Q3 conducting, current flow will be 'upwards' through the transformer primary.

The control circuit monitors Vout and controls the duty cycle of the drive waveform to Q1, Q2,

Q3 and Q4.

The control circuit operates in the same manner as for the push-pull converter and half-bridge

converter, except that four transistors are being driven rather than two.

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CONTROL METHODS : In the majority of convertor Topology application, PWM is

used for controlling the convertors output voltage through feedback control of the switching

transistors.

Other forms of control are becoming increasing popular. One such technique is current mode

control which utilizes the switching transistor current as a control parameter and has the

benefit of providing an inherently more stable closed loop response. Another control method

finding favor with power supply designers is fed forward which improves the transient load and

line response of mains driven power supplies.

SMPS 'Hiccup' Mode: In switch-Mode Power Supplies the 'hiccup' mode is often used for

limiting output current. If an overload occurs, the circuit turns off. After an interval it comes on

- has a look, as it were; if the overload is still present, it immediately goes off again. In some

designs, this happens a few times, and the supply then shuts down permanently until the

overload is removed and the circuit reset.

SMPS HOLD UP: Most offline switchers are designed to maintain a steady output over a few

cycles of lost mains input. This can be achieved by sizing the input capacitor such that its

voltage will not fall significantly during the power interruption. The time period over which the

SMPS is capable of maintaining an output when mains power is lost is frequently known as

'hold up time'.

SWITCHED MODE TOPOLOGY APPLICATIONS: The switched mode power

supply market is now well established within the electronic sector, with a large number of

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power supply manufacturers worldwide providing a wide range of units for the commercial and

military markets. The main endures system for switched mode supplies, or computers, both

large main frame and smaller, personnel and word processor, and the various

telecommunications systems. A typical system often requires a number of output voltages from

its power supply the therefore the majority of the power supplies tend to be multiple output

forms typically power supply voltages or +5 V for bipolar logic, +2V, -5V for ECL Logic, +12V for

C MOS Logic, +12V, +15V for operational amplifiers and +24V for DC motors such as disc drivers.

The topologies and control methods use to achieve the desired output voltages in the various

power ranges tends to vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. In general switching

regulators are usually used as secondary regulators on multiple output units, isolated single

ended configuration are; used in low power single or multiple output AC to DC convertors and

multiple switched apologies are used for higher output power application. Also; used as

secondary regulators in some multiple output power supplies are linear regulators, mainly 3

terminals integrated circuits in low current outputs and magnetic amplifiers for higher current

outputs.

ADVANTAGES OF SMPS :

There are three main advantages of switching power supplies. They are

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1. Switching elements operate as a switch by avoiding their operations in the active region. A

significant reduction in power loss is thus achieved. This results in a higher efficiency (70%-

90%).

2. Since high frequency transformer is used the size and weight of switching supplies is

significantly reduced.

3. SMPS is less sensitive to input voltage variations.

DISADVANTAGES OF SMPS :

1. SMPS has higher output ripple and its regulation is worse

2. SMPS is source of both electromagnetic and radio interference due to high frequency

switching

3. Control of radio frequency noise requires the use of filters on both input and output of SMPS.

The advantage possessed by SMPS for outweigh they are short comings. This is the reason for

the vide spread popularity and growth.

APPLICATIONS OF SMPS:

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Switched-mode PSUs in domestic products such as personal computers often have

universal inputs, meaning that they can accept power from most mains supplies

throughout the world, with rated frequencies from 50 Hz to 60 Hz and voltages from

100 V to 240 V.

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Recently the demand for even lower no load power requirements in the application has

meant that flyback topology is being used more widely in mobile phone chargers.

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Compact Fluorescent Lamps use a simple form of boost converter to generate the

required 1200 V ignition and 600 V for sustained operation from the mains.

More on aircraft electric power: Avionics, Airplane ground support.

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In the case of TV sets, for example, an excellent regulation of the power supply can be

shown by using a variac. For example, in some TV-models made by Philips, the power

supply starts when the voltage reaches around 90 V. From there, one can change the

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voltage with the variac, and go as low as 40 V and as high as 260 V (a peak voltage of

260×sqrt (2) ≈ 360 V p-p), and the image will show absolutely no alterations.

Most modern desktop and laptop computers also have a voltage regulator module -- a

DC–DC converter on the motherboard to step down the voltage from the power supply

or the battery to the CPU core voltage, which is as low as 0.8 V for a low voltage CPU to

1.2–1.5 V for a desktop CPU as of 2007.

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FUTURE SCOPE:

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Most commercial switch mode power supplies in the market today operate in the range 10 KHz

to 50 KHz. There is now growing trend in research work and new power supply designs in

increasing the switching frequencies upwards to 100 KHz and above. The reason being to

reduce even further the overall size of the power supply in line miniaturization trends in

electronic and computer systems. MOSFETs inherit lack of storage and fall time affects when

turned off.

Therefore MOSFETs are now increasingly replacing BJTs in new designs operating at much

higher frequencies. But still the intrinsic characteristics of the MOSFET produce a large on

resistance which increases excessively when the devices breakdown voltage is raised.

Therefore, power MOSFET is only useful up to voltage ratings of 500V. Another new device

likely to displace the BJT in many high power applications is the insulated gate transistor (IGT).

This device combines the low power drive characteristic of MOSFET with the low conduction

losses and high blocking voltage characteristic of the BJT.

Therefore the device is highly suited to high power, high voltage applications.

In future, more and more integrated power devices will be introduced so simplifying board

layout and reducing component count.

The driving force in every manufacturers design will always be the combined component and

production costs. Therefore, any new device or topology will have to justify its implementation

based on mainly commercial criteria.

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A Switching mode power supply is a power supply that provides the power supply function

through low loss components such as capacitors, Inductors and Transformers and the use of

switches that are in one of the two states, on or off. The advantage is that the switch dissipates

very little power in either of this two states and power conversion can be accomplished with a

minimal power loss, which equates to high efficiency. SMPS, Designs relay upon the efficiency

of a switch to control amount of power with relatively little losses.

The primary advantage of the switching mode power supplies is then can accomplish power

conversion and regulations at 100% efficiency given ideal parts. All power losses are due to less

than ideal parts and power loss in the control circuitry.

Bibliography:

1) POWER ELECTRONICS BY Dr. P. S. BHIMBRA

2) POWER ELECTRONICS BY MUHAMMAD H. RASHID

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