A computer-aided design tool dedicated to isolated DC-DC converters based on multiobjective optimization using genetic algorithms

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 583-603

  Versèle, Christophe ^a   Deblecker, Olivier ^a   Lobry, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auxiliary power supply; Computer aided design; Genetic algorithms; Isolated dc dc converters; Multiobjective optimization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY; BEST FIT; CAD TOOL; COMPUTER AIDED; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN TOOLS; CONDUCTOR MATERIALS; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; CORE MATERIAL; DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELITIST NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHMS; FLYBACK; FULL-BRIDGE TOPOLOGY; HALF-BRIDGE; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MATLAB ENVIRONMENT; MAXIMUM FLUX; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES; POSTERIORI; POWER SUPPLY; WIRE DIAMETER;

COREMAKING; DC-DC CONVERTERS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 84857751612     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321641211200590     Document Type: Article

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