Transformer assisted zero voltage switching scheme for the neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn 2, Issue , 1999, Pages 1259-1265

  Yuan, Xiaoming ^a   Barbi, Ivo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED INVERTER; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 0033097996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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