Start-up Current Overshoot Moderation for a Headlight Driver with a Microcontroller Unit

Kai Jun Pai, Po Hsun Chen

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Abstract

The laser headlamp driver (LHD) possessing with a DC-DC converter, a feedback controller, and a safety standard circuit, was developed in this study. The buck-boost converter composed of the two-switch and two-diode for the DC-DC converter, which can be implemented in both boost or buck operations. Due to the operating ambient temperature of the laser diode causes the forward bias drift; using the feedback controller, the driving current of the leaser diode could be settled to deal with forward bias drift. In addition, the current overshoot exists when the operation of the buck-boost converter changes to the constant-current from the constant-voltage output mode, during the LHD start-up phase; the current overshoot would be exacerbated when laser diodes operate in the high ambient temperature. In this study, the proportional shifting proportional-integral technology was employed to the current-feedback controller to moderate the start-up current overshoot.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2229-2234
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9788957083130
Publication statusPublished - 2019 May
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2019 May 272019 May 30

Publication series

NameICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia - 10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia, ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period2019/05/272019/05/30

Keywords

  • -headlamp
  • Buck-boost converter
  • Proportional-integral control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Control and Optimization

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