Three-level ZVZCS and ZVS half-bridge converters: A comparative evaluation

Fourth Power Conversion Conference-NAGOYA, PCC-NAGOYA 2007 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 892-898

  Medury, A ^a   Carr, J ^a   Balda, J ^a   Mantooth, H ^a   Funaki, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Soft switching, three level converters; Zero voltage switching (ZVS); Zero voltage zero current switching (ZVZCS)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; SWITCHING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

SOFT-SWITCHING, THREE-LEVEL CONVERTERS; ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING (ZVS); ZERO-VOLTAGE ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING (ZVZCS);

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34748920673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCCON.2007.373072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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