High-density nanocrystalline core transformer for high-power high-frequency resonant converter

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-222

  Shen, Wei ^a   Wang, Fei ^b   Boroyevich, Dushan ^b   Tipton IV, C Wesley ^c  

^a LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High power density; High frequency transformer design; Nanocrystalline material; Resonant converter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMER LOADS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POWER CONVERTERS;

HIGH POWER DENSITY; RESONANT CONVERTER;

HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 39849111655     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2007.912726     Document Type: Article

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