Performance prediction of DC-DC converters with impedances as loads

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Li, Peng ^a   Lehman, Brad ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Dc dc converters; Gain margin; Outer loop gain; Phase margin

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INDUCTANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DC DC CONVERTER; GAIN MARGIN; OUTER LOOP GAIN; PHASE MARGIN;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0742321331     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2003.820560     Document Type: Article

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