Switching-ripple-based current sharing for paralleled power converters

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1264-1274

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular; Current sharing; Load sharing; Modular; Parallel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOADS;

CELLULAR CONVERTERS; CURRENT-SHARING TECHNIQUES;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0033204972     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.795839     Document Type: Article

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