On the efficiency of voltage source and current source inverters for high-power drives

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1771-1782

  Wiechmann, Eduardo P ^a   Aqueveque, Pablo ^a   Burgos, Rolando ^b   Rodriguez, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

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

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

AC motor drives; Efficiency; Electric machines; Motor drives; Multilevel systems; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

CURRENT SOURCE INVERTER; MULTILEVEL SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER;

AC MOTORS;

EID: 42549110493     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.918625     Document Type: Article

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