A novel VRM control with direct load current feedback

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 267-271

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Yao, Gary ^a   Huang, Alex Q ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AVP; Control; Load current feedback; VRM

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE FEEDBACK (AVP); LOAD CURRENT FEEDBACK; PEAK-CURRENT MODULATION; VOLTAGE-MODE MODULATION;

VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EID: 2342563689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2004.1295820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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