Race-control algorithm for the full-bridge PRCP converter using cost-effective FPGAs

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1519-1526

  Iannuzzo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); Phase shift bridges; Race control algorithm (RCA); Welding applications

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); PASSIVE NETWORKS; PHASE SHIFTERS; WELDING;

FULL-BRIDGE PASSIVE RESONANT COMMUTATED POLES CONVERTER; PHASE-SHIFT BRIDGE; RACE-CONTROL ALGORITHM;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 42549142513     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.917149     Document Type: Article

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