Average inductor current sensor for digitally controlled switched-mode power supplies

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3795-3806

  Rodríguez, Miguel ^a   López, Victor Manuel ^b   Azcondo, Francisco J ^b   Sebastián, Javier ^c   Maksimović, Dragan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analog digital conversion; current control; digital control; switched mode power supplies

Indexed keywords

A/D CONVERSION; A/D CONVERTER; ANALOG COMPARATORS; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL; BOOST CONVERTER; CONVENTIONAL CURRENTS; CURRENT MODE CONTROL; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIGITAL HARDWARE; EXTERNAL COMPONENTS; FEED-BACK SENSORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDUCTOR CURRENT SENSING; INDUCTOR CURRENTS; POWER FACTOR PREREGULATORS; SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; SENSORS; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 84860280497     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2183893     Document Type: Article

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