Effective power electronics understanding using circuit simulation

IEEE Potentials Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.1109/mpot.2023.3285029

Sumukh Surya, Ahilya Chhetri, Arjun M, Sheldon Williamson

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Abstract

Learning power electronic circuits through simulation is one of the effective methods available for students and researchers to understand the subject effectively. This article aims at providing a panoramic view of different software tools used for simulating electrical circuits, enabling students to make an appropriate choice among various tools for a specific application. In this regard, a simple buck converter operating in the continuous conduction mode (CCM) is considered and realized using two different approaches, viz., coding and modeling using the Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB), Scientific Laboratory (Scilab), and LTspice (by Linear Technology) software tools. Symbolic object function (syms) and ordinary differential equation (ODE) solvers are used to solve coupled ODEs in MATLAB. Detailed analyses of the frequency response for constant voltage

${(}{G}_{\text{vd}}{)}$

and average current operations

${(}{G}_{\text{id}}{)}$

are carried out. Although Scilab is open source software, it provides the same accuracy as that of a licensed tool, such as MATLAB. Furthermore, the LTspice software tool is observed to provide a quicker frequency response when compared to MATLAB.

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有效的电力电子理解使用电路仿真

通过仿真学习电力电子电路是学生和研究人员有效理解该学科的有效方法之一。本文旨在全面介绍用于模拟电路的各种软件工具，使学生能够根据具体应用在各种工具中做出适当的选择。在这方面，考虑并实现了一个工作在连续导通模式(CCM)下的简单降压变换器，使用两种不同的方法，即使用矩阵实验室(MATLAB)、科学实验室(Scilab)和LTspice(由Linear Technology)软件工具进行编码和建模。利用符号目标函数(syms)和常微分方程(ODE)求解器在MATLAB中求解耦合的常微分方程。详细分析了恒电压${(}{G}_{\文本{vd}}{)}$和平均电流运算${(}{G}_{\文本{id}}{)}$的频率响应。尽管Scilab是开源软件，但它提供了与授权工具(如MATLAB)相同的准确性。此外，与MATLAB相比，LTspice软件工具可以提供更快的频率响应。

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