Ultrafast tracking power supply with fourth-order output filter and fixed-frequency hysteretic control

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2387-2398

  Høyerby, Mikkel C W ^a   Andersen, Michael A E ^b  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparator modeling; Envelope tracking; Fourthorder filter; High bandwidth; Hysteretic control; Self oscillating

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; DAMPING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; HYSTERESIS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; STIFFNESS; WAVE FILTERS;

COMPARATOR MODELING; ENVELOPE TRACKING; FOURTHORDER FILTER; HIGH-BANDWIDTH; HYSTERETIC CONTROL; SELF-OSCILLATING;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 57349175927     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2002038     Document Type: Article

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