FPGA-based sliding mode direct control of single phase PWM boost rectifier

In this paper, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based controller for single phase PWM boost rectifier is presented. The control is made up of an internal current control loop and external DC-link voltage control loop. The internal control loop allows active shaping of the line current and is synthesized via sliding mode theory. The external control loop is based on a PI controller and allows imposing the shape of the DC-link voltage response. Experimental results carried out on a FPGA-based prototyping platform are presented and discussed in order to illustrate the efficiency of the developed FPGA-based controller.