Design of an all-SiC parallel dc/dc Weinberg converter unit using RF control

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2893-2904

  Mazumder, Sudip K ^a   Acharya, Kaustuva ^a   Ming Tan, Chuen ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Dc dc converter unit (DDCU); International space station (ISS); Load sharing; Network; Power management and distribution unit design (PMAD); Reachability; RF; SiC; Stability; Time delay; Weinberg converter; Wireless

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON CARBIDE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPACE STATIONS; TIME DELAY;

CONTROL; DC/DC CONVERTER UNIT (DDCU); INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); LOAD SHARING; NETWORK; POWER MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION UNIT DESIGN (PMAD); REACHABILITY; RF; SIC; STABILITY; WEINBERG CONVERTER; WIRELESS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 59749089919     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2004876     Document Type: Article

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