Evaluation of magnetic materials for very high frequency power applications

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4270-4276

  Han, Yehui ^a   Cheung, Grace ^a   Li, An ^a   Sullivan, Charles R ^b   Perreault, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; LOSS CHARACTERISTICS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; POWER CONVERSIONS; QUALITY FACTOR; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY POWER;

MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 52349107300     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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