Class E DC/DC Converters with an Inductive Impedance Inverter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 124-135

  Kazimierczuk, Marian K ^a   Bui, Xung T ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SofTech Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CLASS E DC/DC CONVERTERS; INDUCTIVE IMPEDANCE INVERTER; RESONANT DC/DC CONVERTER;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS, STATIC;

EID: 0024478914     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: 19410107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.21881     Document Type: Article

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