Design and modeling of a novel high-gain peak current control scheme to achieve adaptive voltage positioning for DC power converters

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3284-3290

  Chen, Ching Jan ^a   Chen, Dan ^a   Lee, Martin ^a   Tseng, Eddie Kuo Lung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AVP; Constant output impedance; Current mode; DC power converters

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POWER CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE POSITIONING; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; AVP; CONSTANT OUTPUT IMPEDANCE; CONTROL MODELING; CURRENT MODE; DC POWER; DC POWER CONVERTERS; DESIGN AND MODELING; FEED BACK LOOPS; GAIN PEAKS; LINE REGULATION; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PEAK CURRENT-MODE CONTROL; PEAK CURRENTS; VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 52349115148     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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