Qusai-resonant flyback converter for transdermal drug delivery applications

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1653-1659

  Tseng, S Y ^a   Chen, Y M ^a   Huang, Y K ^a   Hsieh, H T ^a   Wu, T F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SWITCHING; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ELECTROPORATION; FLYBACK CONVERTERS; PHONOPHORESIS; TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY (TDD);

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 2342590713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2004.1296087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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