Active current transformer circuits for low distortion sensing in switched mode power converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 908-917

  McNeill, Neville ^a   Gupta, Narendra K ^b   Armstrong, William G ^b  

^a Renewable Devices Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

CURRENT TRANSFORMER; DROOP; DUTY CYCLE; SWITCHED MODE POWER CONVERTERS; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 3843128616     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2004.830075     Document Type: Article

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