Efficiency-based current distribution scheme for scalable digital power converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1261-1269

  Effler, Simon ^a   Halton, Mark ^a   Rinne, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Current distribution; dc dc converter; digital control; parallel interleaved

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL; COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; COST EFFECTIVE; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DIGITAL CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; FULLY SCALABLE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; MULTIPHASE CONVERTERS; OUTPUT POWER; PARALLEL INTERLEAVED; POWER SUPPLY; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; SCALABLE SOLUTION; SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; POWER CONVERTERS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79958789866     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2071883     Document Type: Article

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