A generalized zero-current-transition concept to simplify multilevel ZCT converters

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1310-1320

  Li, Yong ^a   Lee, Fred C ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel converters; Soft switching; Three phase inverters; Zero current transition (ZCT)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INDUCTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANT CIRCUITS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; SOFT SWITCHING; SPACE-VECTOR MODULATION (SVM); THREE-PHASE INVERTERS; ZERO-CURRENT TRANSITION (ZCT);

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 33749386213     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.880846     Document Type: Article

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