| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L20115/01 |
| Title: |
THE APPLICATION OF FINITE STATE MACHINE CONTROL OF HIGH FREQUENCY POWER ELECTRONS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Lefley, Dr P |
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Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Leicester |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 1996 |
Ends: |
30 April 1999 |
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134,607
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Todays current trend towards higher switching frequencies in power electronics is being limited by the inability of the processor to complete the on-line calculations within the time constraints. For applications requiring fast numerical computations, digital signal processing (DSPs) offer enhanced speed and performance. Clearly the two systems of DSP and microcontroller could be combined in a dual processor based computer, integrating the advantages of both processor types in the one system.However, the approach of adding more processing power to increase the speed of operation is not necessarily the fastest or the best solution as multi-processor systems significantly increase complexity.There are, however, many applications where the operating states can be defined and processed off-line. In this case, control can be achieved by the use of a Finite State Machine (FSM). The basis of an FSM is a memory device which contains all the off-line calculated solutions. The output of the FSM is connected to be a control input (to itself) so that the next state is defined by the present state and other control inputs. Such a technique will provide dynamic closed-loop stability control as well as high frequency switching ability
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