A family of ZVS-PWM active-clamping DC-to-DC converters: Synthesis, analysis, design, and experimentation

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 698-704

  Duarte, Claudio Manoel C ^a   Barbi, Ivo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Active clamping; DC to DC converters; Power supplies; Soft commutation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COMMUTATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

DC TO DC CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTORS AT ZERO VOLTAGE (ZVS);

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 0031198696     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.611265     Document Type: Article

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