Fixed-Switching Frequency Interleaved Sliding Mode Eight-Phase Synchronous Buck Converter

This paper describes the design of an interleaved sliding mode control for a multiphase synchronous buck converter, which inherits the properties of sliding mode control, operates with fixed switching frequency in the steady-state, and ensures current equalization among phases. Moreover, a power management algorithm is added in order to decide the number of active phases as function of the power load demand, thus optimizing the converter efficiency. The system uses a Master–Slave structure where each phase can actuate as the Master one in such a way that the overall system reliability is improved. Experimental results in a 1.5 kW eight-phase synchronous buck converter show that interleaving operation, robust output voltage regulation, phase current equalization, switching frequency regulation, and power management are achieved.

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