DC-DC converters have many applications in the modern world. They provide the required power to the communication backbones, they are used in digital devices like laptops and cell phones, and they have widespread applications in electric cars, to just name a few.

DC-DC converters require negative feedback to provide a suitable output voltage or current for the load. Obtaining a stable output voltage or current in presence of disturbances such as: input voltage changes and/or output load changes seems impossible without some form of control.

This book tries to train the art of controller design for DC-DC converters. Chapter 1 introduces the DC-DC converters briefly. It is assumed that the reader has the basic knowledge of DC-DC converter (i.e., a basic course in power electronics).

The reader learns the disadvantages of open loop control in Chapter 2. Simulation of DC-DC converters with the aid of Simulink® is discussed in this chapter as well. Extracting the dynamic models of DC-DC converters is studied in Chapter 3. We show how MATLAB® and a software named KUCA can be used to do the cumbersome and error-prone process of modeling automatically. Obtaining the transfer functions using PSIM® is studied as well.

These days, softwares are an integral part of engineering sciences. Control engineering is not an exception by any means. Keeping this in mind, we design the controllers using MATLAB® in Chapter 4.

Finally, references are provided at the end of each chapter to suggest more information for an interested reader. The intended audiencies for this book are practice engineers and academians.

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Farzin Asadi received his B.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering and his M.Sc. degree in Control Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Mechatronics Engineering. Currently, he is with the department of Mechatronics Engineering at the Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. Farzin has published 22 international papers and 2 books and is on the editorial board of 6 scientific journals. His research interests include switching converters, control theory, robust control of power electronics converters, and robotics.Kei Eguchi received his B.E., M.E., and D.E. degrees from Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively. Currently, he is a professor at the Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan. Kei is a president of the Intelligent Networks and Systems Society, an associate editor of IJICIC, an associate editor of ICIC Express Letters, and a senior member of IEE of Japan, APCBEES, IRED, and SAISE. He has published more than 200 international papers. His research interests include switching converters, nonlinear dynamical systems, and intelligent circuits and systems.