First Order Design by Optimization Method: Application to an Interleaved Buck Converter and Validation
Résumé
This paper presents a design methodology of power
converter and its components using deterministic algorithms
associated with differentiable models. This “first order” design
by optimization method is illustrated in the case of an Interleaved
Buck Converter used in a stratospheric airship. The
requirements and the models are briefly presented as well as the
optimization results in the imaginary space of continuous
variables. The method to come back in the power electronics
world with its discrete variables is presented and validated with a
prototype of Interleaved Buck Converter