Class-D zero-voltage-switching inverter with only one shunt capacitor

IEE Proceedings B: Electric Power Applications

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 449-456

  Kazimierczuk, M K ^a   Szaraniec, W ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DC AC inverters; Power electronics; Soft switching; Zero voltage switching

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOSFET DEVICES;

CLASS-D ZERO-VOLTAGE-SWITCHING INVERTER; CONDUCTION LOSS REDUCTION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SHUNT CAPACITOR;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0026913397     PISSN: 01437038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-b.1992.0055     Document Type: Article

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