Comparison of different designs of a 42-V/14-V DC/DC converter regarding losses and thermal aspects

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 520-530

  Lee, Seung Yo ^a   Pfaelzer, Arthur G ^b   van Wyk, Daniel ^c,d  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Intronics Inc   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bidirectional dc dc converter; Finite element modeling (FEM); Integrated inductor; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT SINKS; THERMOANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

AUTOMOTIVE-CONVERTER TOPOLOGY; BIDIRECTIONAL DC/DC CONVERTER; INTEGRATED INDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34147167014     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.889808     Document Type: Article

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