Non-dissipative dynamic current-sharing snubber for parallel connected IGBTs in high power boost converters

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 1999, Pages 1105-1111

  He, J ^a   Jacobs, M E ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MOSFET DEVICES;

HIGH POWER BOOST CONVERTERS; NON DISSIPATIVE DYNAMIC CURRENT SHARING SNUBBER;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0033100985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1109/apec.1999.750507     Document Type: Article

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