Novel current sharing schemes for multiphase converters with digital controller implementation

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 148-156

  Abu Qahouq, Jaber A ^a   Huang, Lilly ^a   Huard, Doug ^a   Hallberg, Allan ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED (CO); CONTROL LOOPS; CONVENTIONAL SCHEMES; CONVERTER EFFICIENCY; CURRENT SHARING; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; MULTI-PHASE CONVERTERS; OF SENSORS; PHASE CURRENTS; POWER LOSSES; SENSING ACCURACY;

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; EXHIBITIONS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 46449124491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEX.2007.357508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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