Current sharing in digitally controlled masterless multi-phase DC-DC converters

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2722-2728

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Zane, Regan ^a   Maksimovic, Dragan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL THEORY; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

CURRENT SHARING CONTROL; SYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTER; VOLTAGE-MODE CONTROL;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 33847725954     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2005.1582018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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