%0 Journal Article
%T Optimizing Pole Placement Strategies for a Higher-Order DC-DC Buck Converter: A Comprehensive Evaluation
%A Richard Tymerski
%J Journal of Power and Energy Engineering
%P 47-69
%@ 2327-5901
%D 2025
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jpee.2025.131004
%X This paper explores pole placement techniques for the 4<sup>th</sup> order C1 DC-to-DC Buck converter focusing on optimizing various performance metrics. Refinements were made to existing ITAE (Integral of Time-weighted Absolute Error) polynomials. Additionally, metrics such as IAE (Integral Absolute Error), ISE (Integral of Square Error), ITSE (Integral of Time Squared Error), a MaxMin metric as well as LQR (Linear Quadratic Regulator) were evaluated. PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) was employed for metric optimization. Time domain response to a step disturbance input was evaluated. The design which optimized the ISE metric proved to be the best performing, followed by IAE and MaxMin (with equivalent results) and then LQR.
%K DC-DC converter
%K Integral Time Absolute Error (ITAE)
%K Integral Absolute Error (IAE)
%K Integral Square Error (ISE)
%K Integral Time Squared Error (ITSE)
%K Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR)
%K Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=140200