A ripple-based constant on-time control with virtual inductor current and offset cancellation for DC power converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4301-4310

  Lin, Yu Cheng ^a   Chen, Ching Jan ^b   Chen, Dan ^a   Wang, Brian ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive voltage positioning (AVP) control; dc dc power converter; output voltage dc offset; ripple based constant on time (RBCOT) control; virtual inductor current

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE; BUCK CONVERTERS; CONTROL MODEL; CONVENTIONAL CIRCUITS; DC OFFSETS; DC POWER CONVERTER; DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; DESIGN CRITERION; HIGH-POWER; INDUCTOR CURRENTS; OFFSET CANCELLATION; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; SUBHARMONIC INSTABILITY;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY CRITERIA; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84862006662     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2191799     Document Type: Article

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