Effect of Passive Damping on the Performance of Buck Converter for Magnet Load

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Effect of Passive Damping on the Performance
of Buck Converter for Magnet Load
Rajul Lal Gour
Department of Electrical Engineering, Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Abstract: A DC to DC converter is a lossless dc transformer that supply regulated output voltage under varying
load and input voltage condition and also the converter parameter values changes with time and physical quantity
like temperature etc. This paper presents the design and simulation of an open loop buck converter for magnet
load using Simulink and Sim Power System library of MATLAB.
Keywords: Buck Converter, Magnet Load, Simulink (MATLAB).
I. INTRODUCTION
The ever expanding demand for smaller size, portable, and lighter weight with high performance DC-DC power
converters for industrial, communications, residential, and aerospace applications is currently a topic of widespread
interest [1]. Switched-mode DC-DC converters have become commonplace in such integrated circuits due to their ability
to up/down the voltage of a battery coupled with high efficiency. The three essential configurations for this kind of power
converters are buck, boost and buck–boost circuits, which provide low/high voltage and current ratings for loads at
constant switching frequency [1]. The topology of DC-DC converters consists of linear (resistor, inductor and capacitor)
and nonlinear (diode and dynamic switch) parts. A buck converter, as shown in Fig. 1, is one of the most widely
recognized DC-DC converter. Magnet power supplies have some special characteristics than regular power supplies used
for general purpose. These are used to feed electromagnets [2]-[6]. The strength and quality of the magnetic field
produced by the electromagnet depends on the current passing through it. Hence magnet power supplies are current
regulated. Fig. 1 is the basic circuit of buck converter [7]. When switch is ON, current flows from Vd through the coil L
and charge the output capacitor C and passes through the resistor R and develop output voltage Vo. The current when
passes through the coil L, stores the energy.
When switch is OFF, free-wheeling diode D turns ON and energy stored in L is then released to the output side. If the
buck converter operates in Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM) [7], the relation between the input voltage (Vd), output
voltage (Vo) is given as:
do dVV  (1)
Where,
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Figure 1: Basic DC-DC buck converter
To model a magnet load a resistance Rl in series with an inductor Ll can be used. Fig. 2 shows a DC-DC buck converter
with a magnet load.
Figure 2: Buck converter with magnet load
Output voltage ripple of the DC-DC converter is minimized by proper selection of inductor and capacitor The filter
inductor value and its peak current are determined on the basis of specified maximum inductor current ripple. The
function of the output capacitor is to filter the inductor current ripple and produce a stable output voltage. In high magnet
power supply the output current stability is most important, as the magnetic field produced by the magnet is dependent on
the current flowing through it. These magnets play an important role in the particle accelerators as they keep the beam of
particle in the design orbit. Therefore, these magnetic field should have very low ripple and thereby making the
requirement of the stability very high. Usually the ripple in the output current of magnet power supplies for particle
accelerators is of the order of hundreds of parts per million (ppm). Hence study of the ripples in the output current of the
power supply plays an important role. In this paper the ripple in the output voltage and current is studied by simulating the
buck converter for a magnet load using Simulink/MATLAB for two cases.
1. The underdamped LC filter.
2. Damped LC filter.
II. DAMPING OF BUCK CONVERTER WITH MAGNET LOAD
The buck converter for magnet power supply as shown in fig. 2 consists of an LC filter to reduce the switching ripples
that might deteriorate the output stability. This LC filter might resonate at a certain frequency which might cause
oscillations in the circuit. Hence it is important that this LC filter should be damped. The magnet load having a high value
of inductance provide the necessary damping to the filter. But, it is a common practice to standardize the converter for
different types of magnetic loads and therefore, there might come a case where the LC filter doesn’t get the required
damping and resonate. To overcome this problem passive damping elements are used to damp the LC filter [8]. Fig. 3
shows the buck converter for magnet load with passive damping through RdCd.

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Figure 3: Buck converter with damped filter and magnet load
III. SIMULINK MODEL OF BUCK CONVERTER WITH MAGNET LOAD
Open loop Simulink model of buck converter with magnet load is shown in fig. 4. In fig. 4 the buck converter model the
LC filter is underdamped [9]. The frequency response of the converter is shown in fig 5.
Figure 4: Simulink underdamped LC filter model of buck converter with magnet load
Figure 5: Frequency response of Buck converter with underdamped filter for magnet load

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As shown in fig. 5 the response of the buck convert with underdamped magnet load there is a resonant peak at the filter
cut-off frequency. This peaking might amplify the noise entered in the system and deteriorate the output of the supply.
Hence at a passive damping is provided using RdCd as shown in fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows the Simulink model of the buck
converter with damped LC filter.
Figure 6: Simulink damped LC filter model of buck converter with magnet load
The frequency response of the damped converter shown in fig. 3 is shown in fig. 7
Figure 7: Frequency response of Buck converter with damped filter for magnet load
From fig. 7 it can be observed that the resonant peak of the LC filter has reduced significantly by the use of the passive
damping elements RdCd.
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
In the previous section two different converter models were discussed. Each of the model is simulated under the same
operating conditions with the parameters are listed in table 1.
Table 1: Parameters of converter for illustrative calculations
Parameters Values
Vd 100 V
L 100 mH
C 20 mF
Ll 100 mH
Rl 1 Ω
Rd 2 Ω
Cd 100 mF
Duty Cycle 90 %

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Following outputs were obtained from the Simulink models of both the converter circuit shown in fig. 4 and fig. 6.:
 Input voltage Vi
 Gate pulse (duty cycle)
 Output current Io
 Output Voltage Vo
Fig. 8 (a) shows the output waveform of buck converter for magnet load with underdamped LC filter and (b) shows the
output waveforms of buck converter for magnet load with damped LC filter.
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(b)
Figure 8: Output wavefrom of conveter with magnet load for (a) underdamped filter and (b) damped filter
From fig. 8 (a) and (b) it can be observed that the ripple in the output current is reduced with the use of the passive
damping with RdCd and also from fig.7 it can be observed that the resonant peak of the converter LC filter is reduced,
which ensures that the high frequency noise introduced will not be amplified by the converter filter.
V. CONCLUSION
The buck converter model with magnet load has been simulated with and without the passive damping of the LC filter and
it has been found that the converter circuit with a damped LC filter provides more stability to the system by damping the
resonant peak of the LC filter at the filter cut-off frequency and also provides better ripple reduction in the output current.

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