Novel Pulse-width-modulated Current-mode Defuzzifier for the fuzzy control o switching DC-DC converters


Authors: Eduard Alarcón, Alberto Poveda, Jordi Madrenas, Eva Vidal, Spartacus Gomáriz and Francesc Guinjoan.



Journal/Conference: Proproceedings of the 42nd IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS99), Las Cruces, NMSU, New Mexico, USA, August 1999.

Abstract - In this communication, the authors propose a current-mode analog circuit solution for the defuzzifying step required for the fuzzy-knowledge-based control (FKBC) of switching DC-DC converters. Considering the modulation of pulse widths which is needed for the control of switched power plants, the division operation at the output layer of a fuzzy inference controller takes advantage of the implicit signal-to-time conversion in the PWM process. This theoretical aspect is complemented with the proposal of a high-speed current-mode division circuit, which allows a wide range of switching frequencies. The PWM division circuit is preceded by a switched-current integrator to obtain a full defuzzifier. HSPICE layout-extracted transistor-level simulations for a standard CMOS 0.8?m technology verify the functionality of both the proposed defuzzifying method and circuit.