The Delta-Rectifier: Analysis, control and operation

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1637-1648

  Greul, Roland ^a   Round, Simon D ^a   Kolar, Johann W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Total harmonic distortion (THD)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARMONIC DISTORTION; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TOPOLOGY;

BOOST CONVERTER; DELTA-RECTIFIER; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 34748877729     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.882961     Document Type: Article

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