Dynamical analysis of single-inductor dual-output DC-DC converters

In this paper, a single-inductor single-input boost-type dual-output dc-dc converter is studied. Peak current-mode control is used for the main switch whereas the output switch is controlled by voltage-mode controller. To regulate both the output voltages proportional-integral compensator is introduced. In the state-space the five-dimensional system is divided into four subsystems by four switching surfaces. Due to the large number of subsystems, Filippov's method is used to obtain the stable operating region in the design parameter space. Coexisting attractors, period-doubling and Neimark-Sacker bifurcations are identified as the major causes of the possible instabilities. Detailed studies of the possible bifurcation scenarios (smooth as well as nonsmooth) have been done by detecting the stable as well as unstable orbits and by calculating their eigenvalues.