Efficiency optimization in digitally controlled flyback DC-DC converters over wide ranges of operating conditions

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3734-3748

  Kang, Sang Hee ^a   Maksimović, Dragan ^a   Cohen, Isaac ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital control; flyback converter; frequency hopping; lookup table; on line efficiency optimization; valley switching

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLER PARAMETER; COST CONSTRAINTS; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION; FLYBACK; FLYBACK CONVERTERS; LOOKUPS; LOW COSTS; MOS-FET; MULTI VARIABLES; NONLINEAR CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING MODES; OPERATING POINTS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; POWER LOSS MODELING; POWER-LOSSES; SWITCHING LOSS; SWITCHING TECHNIQUES;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY HOPPING; TABLE LOOKUP;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84860307866     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2186590     Document Type: Article

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