Twisted core coupled inductors for microprocessor voltage regulators

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2386-2392

  Dong, Yan ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a   Zhou, Jinghai ^a   Wang, Shuo ^a   Xu, Ming ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POWER ELECTRONICS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

COUPLED INDUCTOR; DESIGN PROCEDURE; STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENTS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS (VRS);

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 48349085174     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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