Discontinuous-conduction mode DC/DC converters feeding constant-power loads

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1318-1329

  Rahimi, Amir M ^a   Emadi, Ali ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant power loads (CPLs); Dc distributed power systems; Dc dc converters; Discontinuous conduction mode (DCM); Multiconverter power electronic systems; Negative impedance instability

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION MODE; CONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; DESIGN TASKS; DISTRIBUTED POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK DESIGNS; OPEN LOOPS; POWER LOAD; RESISTIVE LOADS; SPACE VEHICLES; STABILITY PROBLEM;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 77949380528     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2029514     Document Type: Article

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