A low-cost digital controller for a switching DC converter with improved voltage regulation

IEEE Power Electronics Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 121-124

  Islam, M Murshidul ^a   Allee, David R ^a   Konasani, Siva ^a   Rodriguez, Armando A ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dc dc; Digital controls; Dithering; Duty; Field programmable gate array (FPGA); Pulse frequency modulation (PFM); Pulse width modulation (PWM); Rapid prototype; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; PULSE TIME MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

DC-DC; DIGITAL CONTROLS; DITHERING; RAPID PROTOTYPE; REGULATION;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 11844283908     PISSN: 15407985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPEL.2004.840256     Document Type: Article

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