Numerical optimization of an active voltage controller for series IGBTs

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 2060-2065

  Bryant, A T ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Finney, S J ^b   Lim, T C ^b   Palmer, P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER EXTRACTION; SWITCHING THEORY;

CONTROL PARAMETERS; SNUBBER NETWORKS; SWITCHING TRAJECTORY;

VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EID: 33847706412     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2005.1581916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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