• DocumentCode
    2951611
  • Title

    VHDL-based modeling of a DC-DC boost converter

  • Author

    Mita, Rosario ; Palumbo, Gaetano

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. Elettron. e dei Sist., Univ. of Catania, Catania
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    11-14 Dec. 2005
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A VHDL-based description of a DC-DC boost converter is here presented. Starting from description of simple functional blocks such as voltage dividers, comparators and function´s generators, more complex DC-DC step-up voltage converter was modeled by adopting a structural description of previous blocks. The proposed VHDL modeling can be used to simulate complex digital circuits which includes a few of analog parts (e.g., memory banks or DSP core) by adopting an event-driven standard simulator and avoiding using common transistor-level simulators which dramatically increase the verification time.
  • Keywords
    DC-DC power convertors; circuit simulation; hardware description languages; DC-DC boost converter; DC-DC step-up voltage converter; VHDL modeling; event-driven standard simulator; transistor-level simulators; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; DC-DC power converters; Digital circuits; Discrete event simulation; Feedback circuits; Hardware design languages; Switches; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2005. ICECS 2005. 12th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Gammarth
  • Print_ISBN
    978-9972-61-100-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-9972-61-100-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2005.4633518
  • Filename
    4633518