Loop-cancellation technique: A novel nonlinear feedback to overcome the destabilizing effect of constant-power loads

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 650-661

  Rahimi, Amir M ^a   Williamson, Geoffrey A ^b   Emadi, Ali ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant power loads (CPLs); Control; DC DC converters; Feedback linearization; Multiconverter power electronic systems; Negative impedance instability; Vehicular power systems

Indexed keywords

CANCELLATION TECHNIQUES; CLOSED-LOOP; CONSTANT POWER; CONSTANT-POWER LOADS (CPLS); DESTABILIZING EFFECT; FEEDER SYSTEM; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; INPUT FILTER; NEGATIVE INCREMENTAL RESISTANCES; P-SPICE SIMULATION; PLUG-INS; POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; POWER LOAD; POWER SYSTEMS; SPACE VEHICLES; STABILITY PROBLEM;

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; FUEL CELLS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; SPICE;

FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION;

EID: 77249147928     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2009.2037429     Document Type: Article

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