A zero-voltage transition boost converter using a zero-voltage switching auxiliary circuit

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 658-668

  Gurunathan, Ranganathan ^b   Bhat, Ashoka K S ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b Hical Magnetics   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ac to dc; Auxiliary circuit; Dc to dc; Power factor correction; Zero voltage switching; Zero voltage transition

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; OSCILLATIONS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

AUXILIARY CIRCUIT; POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; SOFT SWITCHING BOOST CONVERTER; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING; ZERO VOLTAGE TRANSITION;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0036708842     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2002.802184     Document Type: Article

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