The driving method of the power converter, and the power converter

The power converter according to a current flows branched into a plurality of semiconductor elements, to compensate for the voltage drop across the semiconductor device provides that accurate output voltage can be obtained. The power converter of shunt current flowing through the semiconductor device group occurs between elements of the semiconductor device in the group of the semiconductor device group is connected to two series legs (21), a current for detecting a current flowing through the semiconductor device group using a sensor (26), voltage command creating unit for calculating a voltage command value to output (31), and a voltage drop characteristics including the shunt characteristic of the current value and the semiconductor device group detected by the current sensor (26) control voltage drop calculation unit for calculating (32), on / off of the correction to the switching element voltage command value created by the voltage command preparing section using the voltage drop calculated voltage drop of the semiconductor device group Te a switching control unit to (33), comprising a.