Paralleling DC-DC switching converters by means of power gyrators

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2444-2453

  Cid Pastor, Angel ^a,b   Martinez Salamero, Luis ^b   Alonso, Corinne ^a   Leyva, Ramon ^b   Singer, Sigmund ^c  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Converter paralleling; DC DC power converters; Gyrators; Stability and voltage regulation; Switching converters; Voltage regulators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; GYRATORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

BUCK CONVERTER; CONVERTER PARALLELING; SWITCHING CONVERTERS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 36349001089     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.909311     Document Type: Article

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