A push-pull class-E inverter with improved efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1871-1874

  Kaczmarczyk, Zbigniew ^a   Jurczak, Wojciech ^a  

^a Electric Drives and Robotics ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Class E; High frequency (HF) amplifiers; Inverters; Resonant power conversion; Zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; TRANSISTORS; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITOR; PUSH-PULL CLASS-E INVERTER;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 42549162409     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.907665     Document Type: Article

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