Efficiency characterization and optimization in flyback DC-DC converters

2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 527-534

  Kang, Sang Hee ^a   Nguyen, Hien ^a   Maksimovic, Dragan ^a   Cohen, Isaac ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency optimization; Flyback converter; Valley switching

Indexed keywords

COMBINED DESIGN; CONTROLLER OPTIMIZATION; CONTROLLER PARAMETER; COST CONSTRAINTS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION; FLYBACK; FLYBACK CONVERTERS; MOS-FET; MULTI VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING POINTS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; POWER LOSS MODELING; POWER-LOSSES; SWITCHING LOSS; SWITCHING TECHNIQUES; TIME OPTIMIZATION; VALLEY SWITCHING;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LANDFORMS; SWITCHING;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78650163650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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