Mission profile based optimization of a synchronous-buck DC-DC converter for a wearable power system

2009 IEEE 6th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, IPEMC '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1384-1389

  Vasic M ^a   Round, S D ^b   Biela, J ^b   Kolar, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; FUELS; MOTION CONTROL; POWER CONTROL; POWER ELECTRONICS; SWITCHING; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

BUCK DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; LOAD PATTERNS; LOW SWITCHING FREQUENCY; MISSION PROFILE; OPTIMAL NUMBER; VARIABLE POWER; WEIGHT RATIOS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 77951118760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEMC.2009.5157600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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