Nonlinear Controller for the Set-Point Regulation of a Buck Converter System

• Main Authors: Eduardo Campos-Mercado, Edwin Fernando Mendoza-Santos, Jorge Antonio Torres-Muñoz, Edwin Román-Hernández, Víctor Iván Moreno-Oliva, Quetzalcoatl Hernández-Escobedo, Alberto-Jesus Perea-Moreno
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: nonlinear PID controller; buck converter; set-point regulation; simulation results
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5760

In this paper, we present a nonlinear PID controller based on saturation functions with variable parameters in order to regulate the output voltage of a buck converter in the presence of changes in the input voltage. The main feature of the proposed controller is to bound the control input with a variable parameter to avoid the windup effect generated by the combination of the integral control action and some operation conditions. The main advantages of the proposed nonlinear PID controller are its low computing cost and the simple tuning task to implement the control strategy in an embedded system. The acceptable behavior of the closed-loop system is presented through the simulation and experimental results.