Optimization of the supply voltage system in interleaved converters using intercell transformers

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 934-942

  Forest, François ^a   Meynard, Thierry A ^b   Labouré, Eric ^c   Costan, Valentin ^a   Sarraute, Emmanuel ^b   Cunière, Alain ^c   Martiré, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Power converters; Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) voltage regulator module (VRM)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; OPTIMIZATION; TOPOLOGY; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

INTERCELL TRANSFORMERS; INTERLEAVED POWER CONVERTER; SUPPLY VOLTAGE SYSTEM;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 34248679316     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.897089     Document Type: Article

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