A four-phase forward converter using an integrated transformer

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 817-831

  Wong, Leung Pong ^a   Lee, Yim Shu ^a   Chow, Martin H L ^a   Cheng, David Ki Wai ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Converter with small output current ripple; Integrated magnetics; Integrated transformer; Interleaved four phase forward converter; Regenerative LC snubber circuit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; GYRATORS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EQUIVALENT-CIRCUIT MODEL; INTEGRATED MAGNETICS; INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER; INTERLEAVED FOUR-PHASE FORWARD CONVERTER;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 40449118616     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.911910     Document Type: Article

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