Control loop design for two-stage dc-dc converters with low voltage/high current output

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-55

  Zhu, Julian Yan ^a   Lehman, Brad ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control loop; Dc dc converter; Multi loop method; Two stage converter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

CONTROL LOOP; MULTI-LOOP METHOD; TWO STAGE CONVERTER;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 12744254725     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2004.839872     Document Type: Article

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