Auto-calibrating dc link current sensing technique for transformerless, grid connected, H-bridge inverter systems

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1385-1393

  Armstrong, Matthew ^b   Atkinson, David J ^b   Johnson, C Mark ^a,c   Abeyasekera, Tusitha D ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current controllers; Power electronic inverters

Indexed keywords

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; POWER TRANSFORMERS; TRANSDUCERS;

CURRENT CONTROLLERS; CURRENT INJECTION; ISOLATION TRANSFORMERS; POWER ELECTRONIC INVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 33947142353     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.880267     Document Type: Article

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