Optimal operation of coreless PCB transformer-isolated gate drive circuits with wide switching frequency range

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 506-514

  Hui, S Y ^a,b,c   Tang, S C ^a,b   Chung, Henry Shu Hung ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATE DRIVE CIRCUITS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MAGNETIZING INDUCTANCE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCIES; GATES (TRANSISTOR); MAGNETIC CORES; POWER CONVERTERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PULSE TRANSFORMERS; RESONANCE; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0032688533     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.761694     Document Type: Article

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