Isolated DC-DC converters with high-output voltage for TWTA telecommunication satellite applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 975-984

  Barbi, Ivo ^a   Gules, Roger ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Active clamping; Communication satellite; Electronic power conditioner; High efficiency; Travelling wave tube amplifier

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

ELECTRONIC POWER CONDITIONER; TRAVELLING WAVE TUBE AMPLIFIERS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0043268051     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2003.813762     Document Type: Article

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