Low-voltage PWM inverter-fed motor insulation issues

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-133

  Melfi, Michael J ^a  

^a ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulation; Inverter; Motor; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INSULATION; MOTORS; REFLECTION;

INSULATION STRESS; MOTOR INSULATION; MOTOR INSULATION SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE REFLECTIONS;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 32144440789     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.861308     Document Type: Article

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