Analysis and design of N-phase current-sharing autotuning controller

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1641-1651

  Abu Qahouq, Jaber A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Autotuning; Calibration; Converter; Current sensing; Current sharing; Dc dc; Digital control; Efficiency; Multiphase; Voltage regulator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE; AUTOTUNING; CURRENT SENSING; DIGITAL CONTROL; MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE;

CALIBRATION; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POWER CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77953242278     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2037892     Document Type: Article

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