Uniform voltage distribution control for series connected DC-DC converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1269-1279

  Siri, Kasemsan ^a   Willhoff, Michael ^a   Conner, Kenneth ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed power systems; Modular converter architectures; Series connected converters; Uniform voltage distribution

Indexed keywords

MODULAR CONVERTER ARCHITECTURES; SERIES-CONNECTED CONVERTER; STANDALONE CONVERTER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYSTEM STABILITY; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34547100985     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.900555     Document Type: Article

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