RCD snubber revisited

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Finney, Stephen J ^a   Williams, Barry W ^b   Green, Tim C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FERRITE DEVICES; RESISTORS;

FERRITE TRANSFORMER; POWER DISSIPATION; SNUBBER CAPACITOR; SNUBBER RESISTOR; SWITCHING DEVICES;

CAPACITOR STORAGE;

EID: 0029758582     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.485827     Document Type: Article

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