Sensorless self-tuning digital CPM controller with multiple parameter estimation and thermal stress equalization

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3948-3963

  Lukić, Zdravko ^a,b   Ahsanuzzaman, S M ^a   Zhao, Zhenyu ^a,b   Prodić, Aleksandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Exar Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Current sharing; digital control; low power dc dc converters; parameter estimation; self tuning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IIR FILTERS; BUCK CONVERTERS; CAPACITANCE VALUES; CMOS PROCESSS; CONDUCTION LOSS; CURRENT-SHARING; DIGITAL CONTROL; INDUCTOR CURRENTS; KEY ELEMENTS; LOAD TRANSIENTS; LOW POWER; MATCHING PRINCIPLE; MODE CONTROLLER; MULTIPARAMETERS; ON CHIPS; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHASE TEMPERATURE; SELFTUNING; SENSORLESS; SILICON AREA; SWITCHING CYCLES; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; THERMAL SENSORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONTROLLERS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; IIR FILTERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWER QUALITY; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; THERMAL STRESS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 83455237306     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2131684     Document Type: Article

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