Digital-control-based solution to the effect of nonidealities of the inductors in multiphase converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2155-2163

  García, Oscar ^a   de Castro, Angel ^b   Zumelis, Pablo ^c   Cobos, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Current balance; Current ripple; Digital control; Inductance; Inductor tolerance; Multiphase converters; Power converters

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; INDUCTANCE; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CURRENT RIPPLE; INDUCTOR TOLERANCE; MULTIPHASE CONVERTERS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 36349003488     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.909406     Document Type: Article

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