A zero-current-transition converter with reduced auxiliary circuit losses

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1464-1471

  Das, Pritam ^a   Moschopoulos, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy efficient converters; Pulsewidth modulated (PWM) converters; Soft switching; Switch mode power supplies; Zero current switching (ZCS)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AUXILIARY CIRCUIT; ZERO-CURRENT-SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS;

EID: 34547098141     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.900600     Document Type: Article

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