Digital autotuning of DC-DC converters based on a model reference impulse response

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2915-2924

  Costabeber, Alessandro ^a   Mattavelli, Paolo ^b   Saggini, Stefano ^c   Bianco, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autotuning; dc dc converters; impulse response; model reference; on line tuning; white noise

Indexed keywords

AUTOTUNING; AUTOTUNING TECHNIQUES; CONTROL LOOP; DUTY CYCLES; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ERROR FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MEASURED SYSTEM; MODEL REFERENCE; NOISE INJECTION; ONLINE TUNING; SYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTER; VOLTAGE MODE;

IMPULSE RESPONSE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WHITE NOISE;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 80053631818     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2122271     Document Type: Article

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