Digital autotuning system for inductor current sensing in voltage regulation module applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2500-2506

  Saggini, Stefano ^a   Zambotti, Dario ^b   Bertelli, Emanuele ^b   Ghioni, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Current mode control; Inductor current sensing techniques; VRM

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BIOMECHANICS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FITS AND TOLERANCES; SENSORS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS; WAVE FILTERS;

ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE POSITIONING; AGING EFFECTS; AUTO-TUNING; CURRENT MODE CONTROL; CURRENT SENSES; CURRENT SIGNALS; FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; INDUCTOR CURRENT SENSING TECHNIQUES; INDUCTOR CURRENTS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; LOSSLESS; LOW COSTS; LOW PASSES; MATCHING ACCURACIES; MICROPROCESSOR APPLICATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PROCESS TOLERANCES; PROGRAMMED CONTROLLERS; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; TIME CONSTANTS; VOLTAGE REGULATION MODULES; VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULES; VRM;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 57349117027     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2002062     Document Type: Article

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