Thin film micro-transformers for future power conversion

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 939-944

  O'Donnell, Terence ^a   Wang, Ningning ^a   Brunet, Magali ^a   Roy, Saibal ^a   Connell, Andrew ^a   Power, John ^a   O'Mathuna, Cian ^a   McCloskey, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Microfabrication; Optimisation; Power conversion; Transformers

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FABRICATION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER INDUCTORS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

CONTROL CIRCUITRY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; MICROFABRICATION; POWER CONVERSION;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 2342591200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2004.1295935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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