Synchronization and Chaos in Multiple-Input Parallel DC-DC Converters with WTA Switching

Yuki ISHIKAWA  Toshimichi SAITO  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E90-A    No.6    pp.1162-1169
Publication Date: 2007/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1337
DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e90-a.6.1162
Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Nonlinear Problems
Keyword: 
synchronization,  chaos,  bifurcation,  parallel dc-dc converters,  

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Summary: 
This paper studies nonlinear dynamics of a simplified model of multiple-input parallel buck converters. The dynamic winner-take-all switching is used to achieve N-phase synchronization automatically, however, as parameters vary, the synchronization bifurcates to a variety of periodic/chaotic phenomena. In order to analyze system dynamics we adopt a simple piecewise constant modeling, extract essential parameters in a dimensionless circuit equation and derive a hybrid return map. We then investigate typical bifurcation phenomena relating to N-phase synchronization, hyperchaos, complicated superstable behavior and so on. Ripple characteristics are also investigated.