Study of passive snubbers applied to a single-phase high power factor rectifier;Estudo de snubbers passivos aplicados a um retificador monofásico com alto fator de potência

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Lima, Francisco K A ^a   Cruz, Cícero M T ^a   Antunes, Fernando L M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SWITCHES; CONDUCTION LOSS; CURRENT FLOWS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER FACTOR RECTIFIERS; INPUT CURRENT; INPUT POWER FACTOR; LOSSLESS; OVER-VOLTAGES; PASSIVE SNUBBERS; POWER SEMICONDUCTORS; POWER SWITCHES; SINGLE-PHASE RECTIFIERS; SNUBBER CIRCUIT; VOLTAGE CAPACITORS; VOLTAGE STRESS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 49249130016     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2004.1468625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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