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richard88
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Large Signal Stability for DC/DC Buck
Jun 11th, 2005, 6:07pm
 
It is stated that the large signal stability condition is satisfied if the rising slope of the ramp is higher than the rising slope of the voltage ripple just before the comparator.
I wonder if the above is not satisfied, are we able to see the oscillation in simulation ? assuming we are using cadence spice tool.
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Reply #1 - Jul 7th, 2005, 10:13am
 
It sounds like you are describing what we used to call the subharmonic oscillation in current mode converters. The comparator inputs are (1) a signal related to the inductor current and (2) an error signal with a stabilization ramp riding on it. If you are indeed referring to the current mode subharmonic oscillation, I believe you can simulate it, especially if you are simulating start up transients.
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Reply #2 - Jul 12th, 2005, 5:42am
 
Eugene,
 It looked very similar to the subharmonic oscillation as in the current mode converter.
 But when I asked someone senior in my company about voltage mode converter, the oscillation due to the higher gain of error amp and output slope (compare to the ramp signal), is more of theory and is rarely seen.
 However, I get to read about it in many articles (design articles), which would not dig too much about it, but seems like a requirement in the design procedures.

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