Adaptive backstepping controller design on Buck converter with a novel improved identification method

An adaptive backstepping method is presented by this paper for a DC–DC Buck converter utilising a strategy for system identification with pulse width modulation in the presence of parametric uncertainties, load variations, and high variance noises. In this control structure, the system is assumed as a black‐box block that can decrease the computational burden providing faster dynamics. An adaptive mechanism is adopted for the BSM using the Lyapunov definition, providing robust dynamics for the controller against various disturbances. In addition, a novel improved exponential recursive least‐squares identification algorithm is proposed, which shows higher robustness in parametric estimations and can decrease the negative impact of disrupting factors on the estimator. Moreover, a particle swarm optimisation algorithm‐based PID controller is designed to be compared with the proposed controller. Finally, the merits of the presented controller are validated for various working conditions through simulations and experiments. It can be seen that the adaptive backstepping method with the improved identification technique provides much better results with faster dynamics.