Analysis and design of voltage regulator with adaptive FET modulation scheme and improved efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 896-906

  Abdel Rahman, Osama ^a   Abu Qahouq, Jaber A ^b   Huang, Lilly ^c   Batarseh, Issa ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Converter; Dc dc; Dynamic response; Efficiency; Fixed frequency; Heavy load; Light load; Performance; Switch modulation; Variable frequency; Voltage regulator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

GATE DRIVING VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE CONVERTER;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 41549138807     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.915184     Document Type: Article

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