Uniform voltage distribution control for series-input parallel-output, connected converters

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Siri, Kasemsan ^a   Willhoff, Michael ^a   Truong, Calvin ^a   Conner, Kenneth A ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) CONVERTERS; SERIES-INPUT, PARALLEL-OUTPUT (SIPO); SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 33751399887     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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