Analysis, design, and control of a transcutaneous power regulator for artificial hearts

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Chen, Qianhong ^a,b   Wong, Siu Chung ^a   Tse, Chi K ^a   Ruan, Xinbo ^b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Phase locked loop (PLL); Pulsewidth modulation (PWM) control; Resonant converter; Transcutaneous power regulator

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INDUCTANCE; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; POWER CONVERTERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RESONANT CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ARTIFICIAL HEARTS; CONTROL FREQUENCIES; CONTROL METHODS; COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; FULL-BRIDGE CONVERTERS; HEAVY LOADS; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; HUMAN BODIES; INPUT VOLTAGES; LEAKAGE INDUCTANCES; MUTUAL INDUCTANCES; OPERATING FREQUENCIES; OUTPUT VOLTAGE REGULATIONS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHASE LOCKS; PHASE-LOCKED LOOP (PLL); PULSE-WIDTH MODULATIONS; PULSEWIDTH MODULATION (PWM) CONTROL; REMOTE POWER; RESONANT CONVERTER; SECONDARY WINDINGS; TANK CIRCUITS; TRANSCUTANEOUS POWER REGULATOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS TRANSFORMERS; TRANSFORMER COUPLINGS; VARYING LOADS; VOLTAGE TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

MODULATION;

EID: 60149089827     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2008.2006492     Document Type: Article

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