An EMI reduction technique for digitally controlled SMPS

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1560-1565

  Trescases, Olivier ^a   Wei, Gouwen ^a   Prodić, Aleksandar ^a   Ng, Wai Tung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DC DC; Digital control; Electromagnetic interference (EMI) reduction; Low power; Spread spectrum

Indexed keywords

BUCK CONVERTER; SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUE; SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLIES;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34547122231     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.901911     Document Type: Article

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