Comparison of losses in voltage source inverters and direct AC-AC converters

EPE Journal (European Power Electronics and Drives Journal)

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-51

  Bland, Michael ^a   Wheeler, Patrick ^a   Clare, Jon ^a   Empringham, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Converter circuits; Efficiency; Matrix converters; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COMMUTATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INDUCTANCE; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

DIRECT AC-AC CONVERTER; MATRIX CONVERTER TOPOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR LOSS; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0037232971     PISSN: 09398368     EISSN: 23769319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09398368.2003.11463525     Document Type: Article

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