Abstract:Under the traditional proportional integral differential (PID) controllers, it is usually not easy to obtain a satisfactory control performance for Buck converters subject to large disturbances. Aiming at this problem, a chatteringfree control method based on the second order sliding mode control was proposed to improve the robustness of the Buck converters. Firstly, the average statespace model of Buck converter was established and the design of the chatteringfree sliding mode controller was associated with controlling the output voltage of the Buck converter by selecting an appropriate sliding mode surface. The control design was accomplished by designing a discontinuous second order sliding mode controller where the derivative of the duty ratio was regarded as a virtual controller. The actual controller was the integration of the discontinuous secondorder sliding mode controller, and thus the chattering problem can be avoided. On this basis, taking a direct discretization on the proposed algorithm by using Euler method, the chatteringfree sliding mode controller can be implemented by the way of fixedfrequency PWM control technique based on a LabVIEW platform. Finally, the reliability and superiority of the chatteringfree sliding mode controller were verified by comparing PID controller through simulation and experimentation. It can be shown that: the system startup time can be shortened by nearly 50%; the variation range of system output voltage is significantly reduced under the conditions of load perturbation and input voltage change.