A high-frequency resonant inverter topology with low voltage stress

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2705-2717

  Rivas, Juan M ^a   Han, Yehui ^a   Leitermann, Olivia ^a   Sagneri, Anthony ^a   Perreault, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH FREQUENCIES; LOW VOLTAGES; RESONANT INVERTERS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 38349031313     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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