Current sharing and sensing in N-paralleled converters using single current sensor

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1212-1219

  Singh, Ravinder Pal ^a   Khambadkone, Ashwin M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Current sharing (CS); Current mode control; Digital control; Interleaved buck converter; Voltage regulator module (VRM); Voltage mode control

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MODE CONTROL; CURRENT-SHARING; DIGITAL CONTROL; INTERLEAVED BUCK CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE; VOLTAGE-MODE CONTROL;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION; POWER CONVERTERS; SENSORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ACTIVE FILTERS;

EID: 77952729744     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2045333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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