An investigation of the natural balancing mechanisms of modular input-series-output-series DC-DC converters

2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 817-822

  Van Der Merwe, J W ^a   Du T Mouton, H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Modular converters; Natural balancing

Indexed keywords

BALANCING MECHANISMS; CIRCUIT OPERATION; MODULAR CONVERTERS; MODULAR TOPOLOGIES; NATURAL BALANCING;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 78650118761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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