A very high frequency de-de converter based on a class Φ2 resonant inverter

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1657-1666

  Rivas, Juan M ^a,b   Leitermann, Olivia ^a   Han, Yehui ^a   Perreault, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst mode control; Class inverter; Class E inverter; Class F power amplifier; Class phi inverter; Cycle skipping control; Harmonic peaking; On off control; Resonant dc dc converter; Resonant gate drive; Resonant rectifier; Very high frequency (VHF)

Indexed keywords

BURST-MODE CONTROL; CLASS E INVERTER; CLASS F POWER AMPLIFIER; CLASS PHI INVERTER; CYCLE SKIPPING CONTROL; DC CONVERTERS; HARMONIC PEAKING; HIGH FREQUENCIES; ON-OFF CONTROL; POWER STAGES; RESONANT DC-DC CONVERTER; RESONANT GATE DRIVE; RESONANT INVERTERS; RESONANT RECTIFIER; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF); VERY HIGH-FREQUENCY;

MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 52349096125     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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