Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications

Microcontroller designing allows companies to launch flexible and complex product implementations that can target a wide variety of industrial applications. Monolithic Power Systems, INC. is developing its own product to cover the power converters and motor control sector. Among the many submodules...

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Autor: Riera I Rovira, Oriol
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Automatic timers
Digital-to-analog converters
MCU
timer
counter
digital
design
VHDL
power converter
motor control
high-resolution
RTL
implementation
testing
simulations
Temporitzadors
Convertidors digital/analògics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Electrònica de potència
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spelling Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applicationsDesign, implementation and testing of a High Resolution Timer for Power and Motor control applicationsRiera I Rovira, OriolAutomatic timersDigital-to-analog convertersMCUtimercounterdigitaldesignVHDLpower convertermotor controlhigh-resolutionRTLimplementationtestingsimulationsTemporitzadorsConvertidors digital/analògicsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Electrònica de potènciaMicrocontroller designing allows companies to launch flexible and complex product implementations that can target a wide variety of industrial applications. Monolithic Power Systems, INC. is developing its own product to cover the power converters and motor control sector. Among the many submodules that can be found inside the MCU, the master thesis focuses its work on the digital design and RTL implementation of a high-resolution timer with a maximum accuracy of 200 ps in the period and the generated PWM duty cycle. The result is a ~10 um2 peripheral able to generate complex waveform configurations, receive external signals for closed-loop output control, and generate the necessary triggers for other peripherals inside the MCU. An organized register map is also generated to allow the user to set-up and monitor the state of the IP. It supports many topologies including buck, boost, full bridge phase shifted converters, either in voltage or current mode, as well as motor applications with deadtime insertion and overlap protection, among all the possible waveform modification techniques. To meet the timing requirements, the timer uses a PLL clock of 156.25 MHz and 32 phases along with state-of-the-art technology to delay the duty cycle and period edges with precision by clock switching the signals over the PLL phases. This paper, gathers all the information found about the possible applications and market solutions to present the final design with all the features rigorously explained. Finally, several tests are performed to check its behavior and extract conclusions.Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaMoreno Aróstegui, Juan ManuelRodríguez Vilamitjana, Enric20232023-02-0720232023-06-2120282028-06-21master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccNAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/zipapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/389286reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengembargoed accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_f1cfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3892862026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
Design, implementation and testing of a High Resolution Timer for Power and Motor control applications
title Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
spellingShingle Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
Riera I Rovira, Oriol
Automatic timers
Digital-to-analog converters
MCU
timer
counter
digital
design
VHDL
power converter
motor control
high-resolution
RTL
implementation
testing
simulations
Temporitzadors
Convertidors digital/analògics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Electrònica de potència
title_short Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
title_full Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
title_fullStr Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
title_full_unstemmed Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
title_sort Design, implementation, and testing of a High-Resolution Timer for motor control and power applications
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Riera I Rovira, Oriol
author Riera I Rovira, Oriol
author_facet Riera I Rovira, Oriol
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Moreno Aróstegui, Juan Manuel
Rodríguez Vilamitjana, Enric
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Automatic timers
Digital-to-analog converters
MCU
timer
counter
digital
design
VHDL
power converter
motor control
high-resolution
RTL
implementation
testing
simulations
Temporitzadors
Convertidors digital/analògics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Electrònica de potència
topic Automatic timers
Digital-to-analog converters
MCU
timer
counter
digital
design
VHDL
power converter
motor control
high-resolution
RTL
implementation
testing
simulations
Temporitzadors
Convertidors digital/analògics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Electrònica de potència
description Microcontroller designing allows companies to launch flexible and complex product implementations that can target a wide variety of industrial applications. Monolithic Power Systems, INC. is developing its own product to cover the power converters and motor control sector. Among the many submodules that can be found inside the MCU, the master thesis focuses its work on the digital design and RTL implementation of a high-resolution timer with a maximum accuracy of 200 ps in the period and the generated PWM duty cycle. The result is a ~10 um2 peripheral able to generate complex waveform configurations, receive external signals for closed-loop output control, and generate the necessary triggers for other peripherals inside the MCU. An organized register map is also generated to allow the user to set-up and monitor the state of the IP. It supports many topologies including buck, boost, full bridge phase shifted converters, either in voltage or current mode, as well as motor applications with deadtime insertion and overlap protection, among all the possible waveform modification techniques. To meet the timing requirements, the timer uses a PLL clock of 156.25 MHz and 32 phases along with state-of-the-art technology to delay the duty cycle and period edges with precision by clock switching the signals over the PLL phases. This paper, gathers all the information found about the possible applications and market solutions to present the final design with all the features rigorously explained. Finally, several tests are performed to check its behavior and extract conclusions.
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