ZVS for PT backlight inverter utilizing high-order current harmonic

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-10

  Su, Wei Chuan ^a   Chen, Chern Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backlight inverter; Piezoelectric transformer; Zero voltage switching

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INDUCTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

BACKLIGHT INVERTER; HIGH-ORDER CURRENT HARMONICS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 38349006950     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.911831     Document Type: Article

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