Easy-to-use CAD tools for litz-wire winding optimization

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1157-1163

  Pollock, Jennifer D ^a   Abdallah, Tarek ^a   Sullivan, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SQUARED FIELD DERIVATIVES (SFD);

WINDING;

EID: 0037235430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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