Reliability considerations for full-bridge DC-DC converter in fuel-cell applications

SPEEDAM 2008 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 810-814

  Ranjbar, A H ^a   Abdi, B ^a   Gharehpetian, G B ^a   Milimonfared, J ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; IPM switch; MOSFETs; Paralleling reliability

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FUEL CELLS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; POWER CONVERTERS;

CURRENT RATINGS; DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRICAL DRIVES; FUEL CELL; FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS; FULL BRIDGE; HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; IPM SWITCH; MOSFETS; PARALLELING RELIABILITY;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 51949093923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDHAM.2008.4581233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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