Robust Control for PWM-Based DC–DC Buck Power Converters With Uncertainty Via Sampled-Data Output Feedback

Abstract

This paper investigates the sampled-data output feedback control problem for dc-dc buck power converters taking consideration of components uncertainties. A reduced-order observer and a robust output feedback controller, both in the sampled-data form, have been explicitly constructed with strong robustness in the presence of uncertain parameters. A delicate stability analysis process is presented to show that, by carefully selecting the design gains and the tunable sampling period, the output voltage of the hybrid closed-loop dc-dc buck converter system will globally asymptotically tend to the desired value even though the separation principle is out of reach and the controller is only switched at the sampling points. The proposed controller consists of a set of linear difference equations which will lead to direct and easier digital implementation. Numerical simulations and experimental results are shown to illustrate the performance of the proposed control scheme.