A hot-swap solution for paralleled power modules by using current-sharing interface circuits

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1564-1571

  Chen, Yi ^a   Cheng, David Ki Wai ^a   Lee, Yim Shu ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Current sharing (CS) interface circuit; Hot swap; Paralleled power module

Indexed keywords

POWER CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

CURRENT-SHARING; HOT SWAP; INTERFACE CIRCUIT; PARALLELED POWER MODULE;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 37849186410     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.882971     Document Type: Article

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