Reduction of the switching frequency and the number of phases in multiphase VRM by applying linear - non - linear control

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Quintero, J ^a   Sanz, M ^a   Lazaro A ^a   Fernandez C ^a   Barrado, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

MICROPROCESSORS POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULES (VRM);

SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

EID: 42449158532     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2006.1711951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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