Current sharing and voltage regulation of parallel DC-DC buck converters: Switching control approach

Behzad Sinafar1, Mohammad Ali Badamchizadeh1, Hamed Kharrati1

  • 1Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran.

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|June 9, 2023
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