Microgrids are localised energy systems composed of distributed generators and loads operating either in grid-connected or islanded modes. Droop control is the prevailing approach to achieve ...

Passive current sharing is a method of paralleling the outputs of two or more power supplies or dc-dc converters so that they share the load near equally. This approach has strong appeal, because it ...

Designers parallel their power supplies to increase system power output or to provide fault tolerance. In this column, Contributing Editor Tom Curatolo discusses various techniques for load sharing ...