Nonlinear processing of the output voltage of a piezoelectric transformer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1362-1375

  Guyomar, Daniel ^a   Magnet, Christophe ^a   Lefeuvre, Elie ^a   Richard, Claude ^a  

^a University de Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NOISE GENERATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSFORMERS (EMT); OUTPUT VOLTAGE PROCESSING; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS (PT);

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 33747290644     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1665085     Document Type: Article

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