Switching frequency limit for soft-switching MF transformer system for AC-fed traction

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1678-1684

  Kjellqvist, Tommy ^a   Norrga, Staffan ^a   Östlund, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC TRACTION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

LOSS MEASUREMENTS; POWER CONVERSION TOPOLOGIES; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; SOFT SWITCHING;

SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

EID: 33847758986     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2005.1581856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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