Adaptive neuro-wavelet control for switching power supplies

Abstract

The switching power supplies can convert one level of electrical voltage into another level by switching action. They are very popular because of their high efficiency and small size. This paper proposes an adaptive neuro-wavelet (ANW) control system for the switching power supplies. In the ANW control system, a neural controller is the main controller used to mimic an ideal controller and a compensated controller is designed to recover the residual of the approximation error. In this study, an online adaptive law with a variable optimal learning-rate is derived based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, so that not only the stability of the system can be guaranteed but also the convergence of controller parameters can be speeded up. Then, the proposed ANW control system is applied to control a forward switching power supply. Experimental results show that the proposed ANW controller can achieve favorable regulation performance for the switching power supply even under input voltage and load resistance variations.