Frequency-based current-sharing techniques for paralleled power converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 626-634

  Perreault, David J ^a,b   Selders Jr , Robert L ^b   Kassakian, John G ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular; Current sharing; Load sharing; Modular; Parallel

Indexed keywords

POWER ELECTRONICS;

CURRENT SHARING; PARALLELED POWER CONVERTERS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0032123937     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.704128     Document Type: Article

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