A CLL resonant asymmetrical pulsewidth-modulated converter with improved efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-122

  Tschirhart, Darryl J ^a   Jain, Praveen K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DC DC power conversion; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM); Resonant power conversion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

CONDUCTION LOSS; RESONANT POWER CONVERSION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 38349019051     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.906176     Document Type: Article

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