Experimental validation of the advantages provided by linear - non - linear control in multi-phase VRM

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 707-713

  Quintero, J ^a   Barrado, A ^a   Sanz, M ^a   Lazaro A ^a   Olias E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; EXHIBITIONS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SOLUTIONS; SPECIFICATIONS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; APPLIED (CO); CONTROL STRATEGIES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HIGH CURRENTS; IN ORDER; LINEAR CONTROLS; MULTI-PHASE; NON LINEAR CONTROL; NON-LINEAR; POWER SUPPLIES; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULES (VRM);

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 46449122799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEX.2007.357592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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