New start-up schemes for isolated full-bridge boost converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 946-951

  Zhu, Lizhi ^a   Wang, Kunrong ^b   Lee, Fred C ^c   Lai, Jih Sheng ^c  

^a BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b CELESTICA Corporation   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled inductor; Dc dc; Full bridge; Isolated boost converter; Start up scheme

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; POWER INDUCTORS; POWER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; THERMISTORS; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

FULL BRIDGE BOOST CONVERTERS; START UP CIRCUIT;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0041765067     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2003.813758     Document Type: Article

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