Analysis of DC-DC conversion for energy harvesting systems using a mixed-signal sliding-mode controller

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2620-2625

  Guilar, Nathaniel J ^a   Amirtharajah, Rajeevan ^a   Hurst, Paul ^a  

^a Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CLOSED LOOPS; DC-DC CONVERSION; DISCRETE-TIME; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ENERGY HARVESTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; LIMIT ENERGY; LOAD CONDITIONS; MEAS URED RESULTS; MIXED SIGNALS; MULTIPLE LOADS; OUTPUT VOLTAGE RIPPLE; POWER SUPPLIES; SLIDING-MODE CONTROLLERS; STEADY-STATE BEHAVIORS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 48349108249     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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