Switching Arithmetic for DC to DC Converters Using Delta Sigma Modulator Based Control Circuit

摘要

In the proposed arithmetic unit for dc to dc converters using delta sigma modulator, a new technique is proposed for addition and multiplication of sampled analog signals. The output is in digital form to drive the converters. The conventional method has input signal limitation whereas in the proposed method the inputs can vary to full-scale. The addition of two discrete signals is done by sampling the two signals at a period called update period and feeding each signal to the input of signal dependant delta sigma modulator for half of the update period and combining the outputs for the update period. The extension of three discrete data addition can be carried out by using the same technique. For the multiplication of two discrete signals different method is adopted. One analog signal is fed to the input of first delta-sigma modulator (DSM1) after sampling. The sampled output of the second analog signal is negated or not negated depending on the bit state at the output of DSM1 and is fed to the input of second DSM(DSM2). The resulting bit stream at the output of DSM2 is the digital representation of the product of the sampled data of the two analog signals. In order to multiply three discrete data, the sampled output of third data is negated or not negated depending on the bit state at the output of DSM2 and is fed to the input of third DSM(DSM3). The resulting bit stream at the output of DSM3 is the digital representation of the product of the sampled data of the three analog signals. Using the proposed adder and multiplier circuits any expressions can be evaluated such that the average value of the digital output of the arithmetic unit over the update period gives the value of expressions during that period. The digital output of the arithmetic unit is used to drive the dc-dc converters.