Digital Control

PROJECTS

  • Samuray INDRA
  • Samte INDRA
  • ABB
  • BOOM AIRBUS
  • Microinverter

TUTORIALS

EDUCATION

PUBLICATIONS

Journals (JCR)

  • A. de Castro, P. Zumel, O. García, T. Riesgo, J. Uceda, “Concurrent and Simple Digital Controller of an AC/DC Converter with Power Factor Correction based on an FPGA”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, enero 2003, Vol. 18, No. 1, págs. 334-343
  •  A. de Castro, P. Zumel, O. García, T. Riesgo, “Digital control in multi-phase DC/DC converters”, EPE Journal, mayo 2003, Vol. 13, núm. 2, págs. 21-27
  •  O. García, P.Zumel, A. de Castro, J.A. Cobos, “Automotive dc-dc bidireccional converter made with many interleaved buck stages”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, mayo 2006, Vol. 21, No. 3, págs. 578-586
  •  O. García, A. de Castro, P. Zumel, J.A. Cobos, “Digital-Control-Based Solution to the effect of non-idealities of the inductors in multiphase converters”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, noviembre 2007, Vol. 22, No. 6, págs. 2155-2163.
  •  A.de Castro, P. Zumel, O. García, T. Riesgo, J. Uceda, “Concurrent and Simple Digital Controller of an AC/DC Converter with Power Factor Correction based on an FPGA”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, enero 2003, Vol. 18, No. 1, págs. 334-343, ISSN 0885-8993
  •  S.C. Huerta, A. de Castro, O. García, J.A. Cobos, “FPGA Based Digital Pulse Width Modulator with Time Resolution under 2 ns”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, noviembre 2008, Vol.23, No.6, pags 3135- 3141.
  •  F. Azcondo, A. De Castro, V.M. Diaz, O. García, “Power Factor Correction Without Current Sensor Based on Digital Current Rebuilding”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, junio 2010, Vol.25, No.6, pags 1527-1536

Conferences

 [1]   FPGA-based Control of a Flyback Converter with Power Factor Correction, A. de Castro, P. Zumel, O. García, T. Riesgo, J. Uceda, Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems DCIS, Noviembre 2001, Oporto, Portugal, Págs. 582-587

[2]    Concurrent and Simple Digital Controller of an AC/DC Converter with Power Factor Correction, P. Zumel, A. De Castro, O. García, T. Riesgo, J. Uceda, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC, March 2002, Dallas (Texas), EEUU, IEEE Catalog Nº 02CH37335. ISBN 0-7803-7404-5. Págs. 469-475

[3]    A methodology to design custom hardware digital controllers for switching power converters, A. de Castro, T. Riesgo, O. García, J. Uceda, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference PESC, June 2004, Aachen, Germany, ISBN 07803-8400-8, IEEE Catalog Nº 04CH37551C, págs. 4676-4681.

[4]    Digital Phase-Shifting for Multiphase Converters, A. de Castro, P. Zumel, O. García, T. Riesgo, Design of Circuit and Integrated Systems DCIS , Noviembre 2004, Burdeos (Francia), Págs. 332-337

[5]    High Current DC-DC converter with SMT Components, O. García, P. Zumel, A. de Castro, J.A. Cobos, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC, March 2005, Austin (Texas), EEUU, ISBN 0-7803-8975-X, IEEE Catalog Nº 5CH37646C

[6]    Effect of the tolerances in Multiphase dc-dc Converters, O. Garcia, P. Zumel, A. de Castro, J.A. Cobos, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference PESC, June 2005, Recife, Brazil, ISBN 0-7803-9034-2, IEEE Catalog Nº 05CH37659C

[7]    Teaching embedded systems and microprocessors using scale models, Y. Torroja, O. García, T. Riesgo, E. de la Torre, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference IECON, Noviembre 2005, Raleigh (Carolina), EEUU, ISBN 0-7803-9253-1

[8]    Digital Control for Power Supply of a Transmitter with a Variable Reference, O. Garcia, A. de Castro, A. Soto, J.A. Oliver, J.A. Cobos, J. Cezón, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC, March 2006, Dallas (Texas), EEUU, ISBN 0-7803-9548-4, IEEE Catalog Nº 06CH37735C

[9]    Efficiency improvement in multiphase converter by changing dinamically the number of phases, P. Zumel, C. Fernández, A. de Castro, O. Garcia, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference PESC, June 2006, Jeju, Corea, ISBN 1-4244-9717-7, IEEE Catalog Nº 06CH37819C

[10] Control digital para una fuente de alimentación de un transmisor con referencia de tensión variable, O. García, A. de Castro, A. Soto, J.A. Oliver, J.A. Cobos, J. Cezón, Seminario Anual Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación SAAEI, Septiembre 2006, Gijón, España, ISBN 84-8317-564-9

[11] FPGA based digital pulse width modulator with time resolution under 2ns, S.C. Huerta, A. de Castro, O. Garcia, J.A. Cobos, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC, March 2007, Anaheim (California), EEUU, ISBN 0-7803-9548-4, IEEE Catalog Nº 06CH37735C

[12] Trade-off between energy savings and execution time applying DVS to a microprocessor, M.Vasic, O. Garcia, P. Alou, J.A. Oliver, J.A. Cobos , Intern. Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems CIPS, March 2008, Nuremberg, Germany, ISBN 978-3-8007-3089-6

[13] Interleaved buck converter with variable number of phases and a predictive current sharing scheme, L. T. Jakobsen, O. Garcia, J.A. Oliver, P. Alou, J.A. Cobos, M.A.E. Andersen, IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference PESC, June 2008, Rodas, Greece, ISBN 978-1-4244-1668-4, IEEE Catalog Nº CFP08POE-CDR

[14] A DVS system based on the trade-off between energy savings and execution time, M. Vasic, O. Garcia, J.A. Oliver, P. Alou, J.A. Cobos, IEEE Workshop on control and modelling on power electronics COMPEL, August 2008, Zurich, Switzerland, ISBN 978-1-4244-2551-8, IEEE Catalog Nº CFP08COM-USB

[15] Solar Cybertech: competición de coches con control digital alimentados desde un panel solar, O. García, J.A. Oliver, D. Díaz, D. Meneses, P. Alou, J.A. Cobos, Seminario Anual Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación SAAEI, Septiembre 2008, Cartagena, España, ISBN 13-978-84-96997-04-2

[16] Current sensor-less power factor correction based on digital current rebuilding, F. Azcondo. A. de Castro, F. Diaz, O. Garcia, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC, Febrero 2009, Washington DC, EEUU, ISBN 978-1-4244-2812-0, IEEE Catalog Nº CFP09APE-CDR

[17] Corrección del factor de potencia, sin medida de corriente, mediante implementación en FPGA de one-cycle control, V. M. López, F.J. Azcondo, A. de Castro, O. García, Seminario Anual Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación SAAEI, June 2009, Leganés, ISBN 978-84-692-2596-7

[18] Implementación digital de un doble lazo de control tensión/corriente para el control de inversores de potencia embarcables en aviones, B. Duret, D. Meneses, F. Moreno, O. García, J.A. Oliver, P. Alou, J.A. Cobos, Seminario Anual Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación SAAEI, Julio 2010, Bilbao, ISBN 978-84-95809-75-9

[19] Multiphase buck converter with minimum time control strategy for RF envelope modulation, P. Cheng, M. Vasić, O. Garcia, J.A. Oliver, P. Alou, J.A. Cobos, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC, March 2011, Forth Worth (Texas), EEUU, ISBN 978-1-4244-8083-8, IEEE Catalog Nº CFP11APE-CDR, pp. 904-909

[20] Digital Control Implementation to Reduce the Cost and Improve the Performance of the Control Stage of an Industrial Switch-Mode Power Supply, D. Díaz, O. García, J.A. Oliver, P. Alou, F. Moreno, B. Duret, J.A. Cobos, A. De Castro, F. Canales., IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition ECCE, September 2011, Phoenix, EEUU, ISBN 978-1-4577-0540-3

[21]        Teaching Digital Control of Switch Mode Power Supplies, O. García, J.A. Oliver, D. Díaz, P. Alou, A.B. Duret, J.A. Cobos, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition ECCE, Septiembre 2011, Phoenix, EEUU, ISBN 978-1-4577-0540-3