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pe_getPowerLossSummary

Calculate dissipated power losses

Description

lossesTable = pe_getPowerLossSummary(node) calculates dissipated power losses for semiconductor blocks in a model, based on logged simulation data, and returns the data for each block in a table.

Before you call this function, generate or load the simulation log variable into your workspace. To generate the variable, simulate the model with simulation data logging enabled. For more information, see About Simscape Data Logging. To load a previously saved variable from a file, right-click on the file and select Load.

Checking dissipated power allows you to determine if circuit components are operating within their efficiency requirements. Blocks in the Semiconductor > Fundamental Components library have an internal variable called power_dissipated. This variable represents the instantaneous dissipated power, which includes only the real power (not the reactive or apparent power) that the block dissipates. When you log simulation data, the time-value series for this variable represents the power dissipated by the block over time. You can view and plot this data using the Simscape™ Results Explorer. The ee_getPowerLossTimeSeries function also allows you to access this data from a cell array.

The pe_getPowerLossSummary function calculates average losses for each block that has a power_dissipated variable. Some blocks have more than one power_dissipated variable, depending on their configuration. For example, for the MOSFET (Ideal, Switching) block, both the diode node and the ideal_switch node have a power_dissipated logging node. The function sums the power losses for both nodes to provide the total power loss for the block, averaged over simulation time.

The nonideal semiconductor blocks also have thermal modeling options. Thermal modeling options have thermal ports that allow you to model the heat that is generated due to switching events and conduction losses. If you use a thermal modeling option, the function calculates power losses based on the thermal parameters that you specify. Essentially, the power dissipated is equal to the heat generated.

If you use a modeling option without a thermal port, the function calculates power losses based on the electrical parameters that you specify, such as on-state resistance and off-state conductance.

lossesTable = pe_getPowerLossSummary(node,startTime,endTime) calculates dissipated power losses within a time interval. startTime and endTime represent the start and end of the time interval for averaging the power losses. If you omit these two input arguments, the function averages the power losses over the total simulation time.

Input Arguments

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Simulation log workspace variable, or a node within this variable, that contains the logged model simulation data, specified as a Node object. You specify the name of the simulation log variable by using the Workspace variable name parameter on the Simscape pane of the Configuration Parameters dialog box. To specify a node within the simulation log variable, provide the complete path to that node through the simulation data tree, starting with the top-level variable name.

If node is the name of the simulation log variable, then the table contains the data for all blocks in the model that contain power_dissipated variables. If node is the name of a node in the simulation data tree, then the table contains the data only for:

  • Blocks or variables within that node

  • Blocks or variables within subnodes at all levels of the hierarchy beneath that node

Example: simlog.Cell1.MOS1

Start of the time interval for averaging dissipated power losses, specified as a real number, in seconds. startTime must be greater than or equal to the simulation Start time and less than endTime.

Data Types: double

End of the time interval for averaging dissipated power losses, specified as a real number, in seconds. endTime must be greater than startTime and less than or equal to the simulation Stop time.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

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Dissipated power losses for each block, returned as a table. The first column lists logging nodes for all blocks that have at least one power_dissipated variable. The second column lists the corresponding losses in watts.

Version History

Introduced in R2017a

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