A fast transient recovery module for DC-DC converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2522-2529

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

DC DC converter; Slew rate; Transient response

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DRAIN; CURRENT INJECTIONS; DUAL-MODE CONTROL; FAST TRANSIENTS; HYSTERETIC CONTROL; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; POWER SUPPLY; PUMP MODULES; RECOVERY MODULES; RECOVERY TIME; SLEW RATE; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; TRANSIENT STATE; VOLTAGE-CONTROL MODES;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; DRAIN CURRENT; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 67651146856     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2017555     Document Type: Article

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