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Discrepancy in efficiency calculation between EE-SIM online simulator and EE-Sim OASIS Simulator

Category: Hardware
Product Number: MAX17575

Hello engineers,

I'm a beginner with the EE-Sim simulation tools so I hope you can find a clue to my problem. I've simulated the MAX17575 converter for the schematic and conditions given below with the online tool: 
   

From the efficiency simulation, I got the following curve, stating an efficiency of 89.8 % for a load current of 333 mA at 5 V output voltage. 

Comparing this with the efficiency curve on the datasheet of MAX17575 for 36 V on page 1 (green curve), this seems plausible.

However, when I download the schematic and simulate it with the EE-Sim OASIS simulator, the efficiency calculator calculates only 79.8% for the same operating conditions:


I calculated the efficiency also by averaging the output waveforms of input and output voltages and currents, leading to the same result. I checked the simulation frequency, it is set to 400 kHz.

How can such a large difference of nearly 10% occur? Is this an error in the simulation model of the MAX17575 in the OASIS simulator? I checked the same circuit with the MAX17574 model, there the online tool and the OASIS simulator result almost in the same efficiency figures.

Thank you

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  • Hi  

    The EE-sim online simulator is somewhat correlated to measured results and efficiency calculations include more variables i.e. AC switching losses and etc.

    The simulations on OASIS are usually not as accurate compared to the online EE-Sim tool. OASIS would require higher level of detail on the models to be more accurate with predicting efficiency, but this would slow down the simulation drastically. 

    Both EE-sim and OASIS use the SIMPLIS schematic in the background so all other results like circuit behavior are the same. Just efficiency can differ, so I would stick with the online EE-sim tool for efficiency numbers.

    I hope this helps answer your questions.