A Digital-Controller Parameter-Tuning Approach, Application to a Switch-Mode Power Supply

Analogue control of monolithic DC/DC converters is technologically coming to a limit due to high switching frequency and a request for large regulation bandwidth. Digital control is now experimented for low-power low-voltage switch-mode power supply. Digital implementation of analogue solutions does not prove real performances. This paper compares a classical digital controller to a candidate alternative strategy. Sensitivity functions are used to compare controller performances. An off-line approach using fuzzy logic to quantify controller performances and a genetic algorithm to obtain an optimal controller is presented. A so-called RST algorithm optimized with this approach shows better performances.