A multilevel inverter topology for inductively coupled power transfer

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1607-1617

  Rodriguez, John I ^a   Leeb, Steven B ^b  

^a Talking Lights LLC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic vibration absorber; Induction heating; Marx generator; Multilevel inverters

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; INDUCTION HEATING; POWER CONVERTERS; TOPOLOGY;

DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBER; MARX GENERATOR; MULTILEVEL INVERTERS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 37849189212     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2006.882965     Document Type: Article

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