Adaptive peak-inductor-current-controlled PFM boost converter with a near-threshold startup voltage and high efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1956-1965

  Wu, Hung Hsien ^a   Wei, Chia Ling ^a   Hsu, Yu Chen ^b   Darling, Robert B ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES INC   (Taiwan)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive peak inductor current (APIC); Boost; dc dc converter; Discontinuous conduction mode (DCM); Power management; Pulse frequency modulation (PFM) control; Startup

Indexed keywords

POWER MANAGEMENT; REACTOR STARTUP;

BOOST; BOOST CONVERTER; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; INDUCTOR CURRENTS; NEAR THRESHOLDS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84910029328     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2323895     Document Type: Article

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