Hey, I wanted to ask a few questions please regarding Boost Converter.
1.When the switch is close, the current increases linearly.
When the switch opens, the inductor's voltage jumps from zero to a peak value that will cause a voltage drop on the diode so the diode's current will equal the inductor's current, is it correct?
2. Every time the switch closes, the inductor gains current, and when the switch opens, the current flows mostly through the capacitor, assuming that 1/(ωC) < Load_impedance.
So how come the capacitor's voltage doesnt keep growing?
3. I suppose that the diode is needed there in order for the capacitor not to discharge into ground when the switch closes. is there any other reason for the diode to be connected there?
Assuming the capacitor voltage is 0V (at the beginning of the process).
The switch is close, and when IL reaches 1A, we'll open the switch.
lets assume that the diode's voltage is 1V @ 1A.
So in that case, when the switch opens, then VL1 will jump from 0V to only 1V?
VL1 doesn't stop at 1 volt, it goes as high as the inductor will take it to keep it's current the same which can be quiet high. Every time the switch closes and opens the voltage to the capacitor will increase as it charges, up to the peak of the inductor voltage, excluding the losses from that load resistor. If you remove the load resistor from the circuit it will go up to the peak inductor voltage. The diode prevents the capacitor from discharging when the switch is closed so the voltage will go up and up and up, it doesn't limit the voltage in anyway.
Exactly.
If the indcutor current was 1A when the switch got opened, and the diode fulfill 1V @ 1A, then why would VL1 need to increase to a larger value then 1V ?(or larger then 1V + Vout, but we're assuming VC=0V).
Exactly.
If the indcutor current was 1A when the switch got opened, and the diode fulfill 1V @ 1A, then why would VL1 need to increase to a larger value then 1V ?(or larger then 1V + Vout, but we're assuming VC=0V).
alphacat there has to be a path to ground for that 1 amp to flow, in the example circuit you have a resistor and a capacitor in parallel with ground. If 1amp can't flow in that circuit the voltage goes up until it can or the magnetic field has completlly collapsed, if the resistive load is a high resistance value the load will be small and the capacitor will charge to a higher voltage each time. The diode doesn't limit the voltage in any way shape or form, it only keeps the capactor from discharging when the switch closes. This is what lets the capacitor voltage go higher than the incoming voltage level. The inductor drives the voltage up as best it can.
So each time the swtich gets close, the inductor gains energy, and when the swtich gets open, VL1 rises above Vc (for the diode to conduct), and the inductor charges the capacitor.
So what prevents the capacitor from from gaining more and more voltage?
So each time the swtich gets close, the inductor gains energy, and when the swtich gets open, VL1 rises above Vc (for the diode to conduct), and the inductor charges the capacitor.
So what prevents the capacitor from from gaining more and more voltage?
The resistor limits the peak voltage. While the switch is closed and no current is flowing through the diode the capacitor discharges through the load resistor. At steady state the capacitor loses exactly as much charge while the switch is closed as it gained while the switch was open.
Also at steady state the current in the inductor increases while the switch is closed and decreases while the switch is open. The current in the inductor does not continuously increase. Note also the voltage drop across the inductor switches direction as the switch is opened and closed.
The transient behavior before the system reaches steady state is more complex and more complicated to analyze.
Thank you.
I'm trying to figure out how the system reaches its steady state, which by the way, its a bit confusing to call it a steady state, since when the switch is open, steady state means that the capacitor's voltage equals Vin, and inductor current equals Vin/Load.
I just dont understand something that might be simple to you.
Say that every DT duration, the inductor gains 10mJoul, and every (1-D)T the inductor transfers these 10mJoul to the capacitor.
Then every T period, the capacitor gains an additional 10mJoul.
Assuming that the load is very light, so it requires 1mJoul during T period, Then the capacitor will gain 9mJoul every period.
What would make it stop rising?
Thank you.
I'm trying to figure out how the system reaches its steady state, which by the way, its a bit confusing to call it a steady state, since when the switch is open, steady state means that the capacitor's voltage equals Vin, and inductor current equals Vin/Load.
It is steady state in the sense that an ac circuit reaches steady state. Voltages and currents are not constant, but each cycle is the same. The complete solution for an ac circuit is the steady-state solution plus the transient solution that depends on the initial conditions and decays with time.
Perhaps a better term to use is periodic state where each cycle is the same as the one before.
The approach to the periodic state can be analyzed by looking at the current in the inductor. Initially the current in the inductor increases whether the switch is open or closed. As the capacitor charges the rate of increase in inductor current with the switch open becomes less and less. At the point where Vc + Vd equals V1 the rate of current increase in the inductor with switch open is zero. As the capacitor charges further the current in the inductor decreases with the switch open. The rate of decrease is faster the higher the charge on the capacitor. The periodic state is reached when the charge on the capacitor is such that the amount of current decrease when the switch is open is the same as the increase when the switch was closed. In the periodic state the rates of increase and decrease are not the same unless there is a 50% duty cycle.
I just dont understand something that might be simple to you.
Say that every DT duration, the inductor gains 10mJoul, and every (1-D)T the inductor transfers these 10mJoul to the capacitor.
Then every T period, the capacitor gains an additional 10mJoul.
Assuming that the load is very light, so it requires 1mJoul during T period, Then the capacitor will gain 9mJoul every period.
What would make it stop rising?
That helps clearify lots of things for me, thank you
So during DT the inductor gains 10mJ, and then it discharges for (1-D)T.
What makes him lose exactly 10mJ during that discharging period, and not more or less?
It's really not quite that simple... for example, during the "off time" (switch open) current is being supplied to the load not only from the inductor, but from the input source as well.
That helps clearify lots of things for me, thank you
So during DT the inductor gains 10mJ, and then it discharges for (1-D)T.
What makes him lose exactly 10mJ during that discharging period, and not more or less?
It is steady state in the sense that an ac circuit reaches steady state. Voltages and currents are not constant, but each cycle is the same. The complete solution for an ac circuit is the steady-state solution plus the transient solution that depends on the initial conditions and decays with time.
Perhaps a better term to use is periodic state where each cycle is the same as the one before.
The approach to the periodic state can be analyzed by looking at the current in the inductor. Initially the current in the inductor increases whether the switch is open or closed. As the capacitor charges the rate of increase in inductor current with the switch open becomes less and less. At the point where Vc + Vd equals V1 the rate of current increase in the inductor with switch open is zero. As the capacitor charges further the current in the inductor decreases with the switch open. The rate of decrease is faster the higher the charge on the capacitor. The periodic state is reached when the charge on the capacitor is such that the amount of current decrease when the switch is open is the same as the increase when the switch was closed. In the periodic state the rates of increase and decrease are not the same unless there is a 50% duty cycle.
Sorry I only saw you comment now.
Thank you very much for that detaild one
I'll try analayzing it more and hopefully it'll help me reach understating the whole subject.
It's really not quite that simple... for example, during the "off time" (switch open) current is being supplied to the load not only from the inductor, but from the input source as well.
Ldi/dt = V1 - Vc - Vd when the switch is open ("off time").
Initially Vc is zero and Vd < V1 so di/dt > 0.
The current supplied to the load is Vc/R. So initially no current is supplied to the load. Vc/R holds whether the capacitor is supplying all or only part of the current to the load.