1-MHz self-driven ZVS full-bridge converter for 48-V power pod and dc/dc brick

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 997-1006

  Xu, Ming ^a   Ren, Yuancheng ^a   Zhou, Jinghai ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC brick; Power pod; Self driven; Zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

DC-DC BRICK; POWER POD; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING (ZVS);

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 25844483710     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.854019     Document Type: Article

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