Experimental investigation of iron-based amorphous metal and 6.5% silicon steel for high-current inductors in low-medium frequency DC-DC converters

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1781-1786

  Lyons, Brendan J ^a   Hayes, John G ^a   Egan, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; COPPER; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; IRON; LAMINATING; LEAD; METALS; NONMETALS; POWER CONVERTERS; SILICON; SILICON STEEL; STEEL;

AIR GAPS; AMORPHOUS METALS; ANNUAL MEETINGS; COPPER LOSSES; DC CONVERTERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH POWER DENSITY (HPD); HIGH POWERS; LAMINATED MATERIALS; LOW COSTS; MATERIAL SELECTIONS; MEDIUM FREQUENCY (MF); MEDIUM FREQUENCY RANGE; SIMULATION RESULTS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 47849105707     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2007.272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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