V. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
This section presents an experimental analysis to study the
operation of a boost converter with open-loop control and
closed-loop control from the reliability perspective. An off-theshelf
boost converter shown in Fig. 9(a) has been used for this
purpose [40]. This converter has a 1000-μF capacitor connected
at the output and a MOSFET (STB75NF75) with RDS(ON)
equal to 8.41 mΩ measured at gate voltage and drain current
equal to 12 V and 4 A, respectively. The control circuit of
the converter was disconnected, and an external gate signal
has been provided on purpose. Three different test cases of
the converter’s operation have been studied, as discussed in the
following.