Noise mitigation and delay compensation in high frequency dual current programmed mode control

To overcome the increased switching losses in high frequency power electronics, control-based modulation techniques such as boundary current mode (BCM) are commonly used in full bridge inverter and rectifier topologies to guarantee zero voltage switching (ZVS). Traditionally, in order to implement BCM modulation, a combination of current programmed mode (CPM) control and model-based techniques are used. The former is highly susceptible to noise and sensing delay, while the latter is subject to modeling error. In this work, a dual-current programmed mode (DCPM) control circuit for BCM operation is designed and implemented. The proposed control network achieves better noise immunity and low propagation delay at high frequency while regulating peak and valley currents in each period. The operation of this control scheme is demonstrated experimentally using a GaN-based half bridge inverter prototype.