Shielded LTCC inductor as substrate for power converter

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1605-1611

  Lim, Michele H ^a   Dong, Y ^a   Van Wyk, J D ^a,b   Lee, F C ^a   Ngo, K D T ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCTANCE; MAGNETISM; METALS; POWER ELECTRONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CIRCUIT PERFORMANCES; LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; MAGNETIC SUBSTRATES; PARASITIC INDUCTANCES; POWER LOSSES; SHIELD THICKNESS;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 48349120178     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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