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Therefore, current sensorless control techniques can bring cost effective and reliable solutions for various boost converter applications. According to the derived accurate model, which contains a number of parasitics, the boost converter is a nonlinear system. An Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) is proposed for inductor current estimation and output voltage filtering. With this approach, the system can have the same advantages as sensored current control mode. To implement EKF, the load value is necessary. However, the load may vary from time to time. This can lead to errors of current estimation and filtered output voltage. To solve this issue, a load variation elimination effect elimination (LVEE) module is added. In addition, a predictive average current controller is used to regulate the current. Compared with conventional voltage controlled system, the transient response is greatly improved since it only takes two switching cycles for the current to reach its reference. Finally, experimental results are presented to verify the stable operation and output tracking capability for large-signal transients of the proposed algorithm.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150509986","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,29]],"date-time":"2015-04-29T04:42:57Z","timestamp":1430282577000},"page":"9986-10003","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["A Sensorless Predictive Current Controlled Boost Converter by Using an EKF with Load Variation Effect Elimination Function"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Qiaoling","family":"Tong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,  Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,  Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IMRA Europe S.A.S., Brighton BN19RS, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xuecheng","family":"Zou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,  Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"8851","DOI":"10.3390\/s140508851","article-title":"An Optimal Current Observer for Predictive Current Controller Buck DC-DC Converters","volume":"14","author":"Min","year":"2014","journal-title":"Sensors"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"952","DOI":"10.1109\/TIE.2011.2158040","article-title":"Design of Robust Digital Stabilizing Controller for Fourth-Order Boost DC\u2013DC Converter: A Quantitative Feedback Theory Approach","volume":"59","author":"Veerachary","year":"2012","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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