Dual-current pump module for transient improvement of step-down DC-DC converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 985-990

  Liu, Pang Jung ^a   Lo, Yu Kang ^b   Chiu, Huang Jen ^b   Chen, Yi Jan Emery ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Current pump; dc dc converter; Transient response

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DRAINS; CURRENT INJECTIONS; CURRENT PUMP; CURRENT STRESS; DYNAMIC RECOVERIES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; TRANSIENT IMPROVEMENTS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

PUMPS;

EID: 67349247029     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2010322     Document Type: Article

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