Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control System, I3CAC 2021, 7-8 June 2021, Bharath University, Chennai, India

Research Article

A Comprehensive Review on FPGA based PWM techniques for DC-DC converters

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-6-2021.2308767,
        author={R.  Vimala and M. Joe Marshell and D Sathish Kumar and Sujesh P  Lal},
        title={A Comprehensive Review on FPGA based PWM techniques for DC-DC converters},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control System, I3CAC 2021, 7-8 June 2021, Bharath University, Chennai, India},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={I3CAC},
        year={2021},
        month={6},
        keywords={accumulator de-bounced push buttons fpga free-running counter microwind pwm simulink},
        doi={10.4108/eai.7-6-2021.2308767}
    }
    
  • R. Vimala
    M. Joe Marshell
    D Sathish Kumar
    Sujesh P Lal
    Year: 2021
    A Comprehensive Review on FPGA based PWM techniques for DC-DC converters
    I3CAC
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-6-2021.2308767
R. Vimala1,*, M. Joe Marshell2, D Sathish Kumar3, Sujesh P Lal4
  • 1: Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, India
  • 2: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, RVS College of Engineering, Dindigul, India
  • 3: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai, India
  • 4: Assistant Professor (Special Grade), Department of Computer Applications, Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam, India
*Contact email: vimala79@gmail.com

Abstract

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) modules are immensely significant in the design of real power converters. Mainly, the variable duty cycle pulses generated from the PWM module vary the average dc voltages across the load in the power converter circuits. All the regulator and dc/dc converter ICs include the clock, MOSFET switch and the PWM control module apart from the external components such as resistor, inductor and capacitor, diodes, and the transformers. In this review article, the five different PWM generation methods include using a free-running counter, up/down counter, hardware accumulator, two de-bounced push button switches and swapping bits method. The PWM wave generation modules are implemented on an Altera FPGA device using Quartus II synthesis software tool. The performance metrics such as the logic elements (LEs) utility, the clock speed, and the power dissipation are analyzed in detail. Also, Matlab/Simulink and the DSCH/Microwind tools are used to generate the PWM wave.