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As the technology for the power semiconductor devices and integrated
circuit develops, the potential for applications of power electronics become wider. There are already many power semiconductor devices that are commercially available, however, the development in this direction is still continuing. Among the many power semiconductor devices, the value of power converters is worth notable. There are many types of power converters available in the present-day market and one among them is the DC-DC power converters. There are different topologies of DC-DC converters, of which the Boost Converters is often used to step-up voltage from its input to its load voltage.

Up to now, PWM technique is one of the most commonly adopted control methods for switching dc-dc converters. The PWM control signal is generated by comparing error signal with triangular wave through a PWM comparator. It regulates output voltage by modulating the width of the control pulse in each switching period. 

In this era of power semiconductor technology, the need of efficient
power converter using PWM control technique gave us the motivation
to design the power converter IC.

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A boost converter is known as step up converter which steps up voltage from its input to its output load. Most of the electrical power circuit designers will choose the boost converter because the output voltage is always high when compared to source voltage. Control method plays an important role in the dynamic performance of switching DC-DC converters. To improve dynamic response, a PWM control method for switching DC-DC converters is proposed. The IC design of this type of DC-DC converter is this project's field of interest.

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power