Common-duty-ratio control of input-parallel output-parallel (IPOP) connected DC-DC converter modules with automatic sharing of currents

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3277-3291

  Shi, Jianjiang ^a   Zhou, Lingbing ^a   He, Xiangning ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic sharing of currents; common duty ratio control; dc dc converter; dual active half bridge (DAHB); input parallel output parallel (IPOP) connection; mismatches in various converter parameters

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL SCHEMES; CONVERTER MODULES; CONVERTER SYSTEM; CURRENT SOURCES; CURRENT-SHARING; DC MODEL; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; EQUAL SHARING; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; FILTER SIZES; HALF-BRIDGE; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; INPUT CURRENT; INPUT-PARALLEL OUTPUT-PARALLEL (IPOP) CONNECTION; INTERLEAVING CONTROL; LOAD CURRENTS; LOW POWER; MISMATCHES IN VARIOUS CONVERTER PARAMETERS; POWER DENSITIES; SABER SIMULATION; SMALL SIGNAL MODEL;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84859773968     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2180541     Document Type: Article

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