DC-DC converter: Four switches Vpk = Vin/2, capacitive turn-off snubbing, ZV turn-on

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 918-927

  Barbi, Ivo ^a   Gules, Roger ^b   Redl, Richard ^c   Sokal, Nathan O ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; POWER ELECTRONICS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

DC-DC CONVERTER; FULL BRIDGE CONVERTER; HIGH INPUT VOLTAGE;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 3843141676     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2004.830092     Document Type: Article

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