Adaptive gate switching control for discontinuous conduction mode DC-DC converter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1311-1320

  Sun, Zhuochao ^a   Chew, Kin Wai Roy ^a   Tang, Howard ^a   Siek, Liter ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptive gate switching control (AGSC); dc dc converter; dead time controller (DTC); discontinuous conduction mode (DCM); zero current detector (ZCD)

Indexed keywords

BUCK BOOST CONVERTER; DEADTIME; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; GATE SWITCHING; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PROCESS VARIATION; SYNCHRONOUS SWITCHES; ZERO-CURRENT DETECTOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84885106129     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2263579     Document Type: Article

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