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The main contributions of this work are (1) the formulation of a control structure capable of maintaining performance under variations in load, reference voltage, and input voltage; (2) the theoretical demonstration of global asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system in the Lyapunov sense; and (3) the experimental validation of the proposed controller on a physical DC\u2013DC boost converter, confirming its effectiveness. The results support the advancement of high-efficiency nonlinear control methods for power electronics applications. 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