A study on load power probability-distribution-function effect on power conversion efficiency

International Power Electronics Congress - CIEP

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 109-113

  Abu Qahouq, Jaber A ^a   Bynum, Michael ^b   Huang, Lilly ^b  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY CURVES; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; LOAD POWERS; OVERALL SYSTEMS; POWER EFFICIENCIES; POWER MANAGEMENT SCHEMES; SIMULATION MODELS; WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; MATLAB; POWER ELECTRONICS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 56649111446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIEP.2008.4653821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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