Regulated plus and minus power supply using approximately 2DOF robust digital control

Abstract

A plus and minus switching power supply is needed for many applications, for example an audio power supply. Since the changes in the output voltage of such loaded power amplifiers are large, the voltage of the power supply is also subject to large changes. In order to suppress these changes, a capacitor with a large capacity is usually used at the output end. If the capacities are reduced, the power supplies can be compacted. In this article, we show that the capacities can be reduced by using robust digital control using approximately 2DOF. The resulting controller is actually implemented on a digital signal processor (DSP). We show from experiments that the power supplies can be compacted by a robust controller.