A self-oscillating control scheme for a boost converter providing a controlled output current

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2707-2723

  Knott, Arnold ^a   Pfaffinger, Gerhard R ^b   Andersen, Michael A E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Harman/Becker Automotive Systems GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Battery chargers; current control; current supplies; dc dc power conversion; pulse width modulated power converters; solar energy

Indexed keywords

BATTERY CHARGERS; BOOST CONVERTER; CONTROL BANDWIDTH; CONTROL SCHEMES; CURRENT LOOP; CURRENT SOURCES; CURRENT SUPPLIES; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; INPUT VOLTAGES; LED DRIVERS; OUTPUT CURRENT; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; OVER-VOLTAGES; POWER STAGE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATED POWER CONVERTERS; SELF-OSCILLATING; SOFT START; SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES; TEST EQUIPMENTS; VOLTAGE SOURCE;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; SOLAR ENERGY; TESTING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84855177579     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2126600     Document Type: Article

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