ZVS combined three-level converter - A topology suitable for high input voltage with wide range applications

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1061-1072

  Liu, Fuxin ^a   Ruan, Xinbo ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Combined three level converter; High input voltage; Phase shifted; Wide range; Zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIODES; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INDUCTANCE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

COMBINED THREE-LEVEL CONVERTER; RECTIFIER DIODES; VOLTAGE STRESS;

ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

EID: 34247176324     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.891993     Document Type: Article

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