Running AC Analyses on PFC Converters

Running AC analyses on PFC converters has always been challenging because the circuit has no true steady-state when the input voltage is sinusoidal. The SIMPLIS POP and AC analyses assume the converter has a single operating frequency, namely the switching frequency. As soon as the sinusoidal input voltage is applied to the converter, running a POP analysis becomes difficult, but as you will see, not impossible. Tricks for running a POP and AC analysis on a PFC converter with an AC input voltage will be discussed and the loop gain results obtained with a DC input will be compared to the loop gain results when the converter is operating with an AC input.

Before a POP analysis can be run on a PFC converter, the non-linear block multiplier must be replaced with a multiplier which is compatible with the POP and AC analyses. A pulse-width modulated multiplier will be presented and it's operation discussed.

PFC converters with a continuously variable switching frequency cannot successfully complete a POP analysis with an AC input, and therefore the Multi-Tone AC analysis must be used. The Multi-Tone AC analysis injects a series of time-domain sinusoidal voltages into the control loop and extracts the frequency response using fourier techniques applied to the time-domain simulation data.

In this one hour webinar, strategies for measuring the loop gain, input impedance, and output impedance of a PFC front end converter will be discussed.

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Agenda:
- Welcome and introductions
- Presentation Content
- Questions and Answers