An alternative energy recovery clamp circuit for full-bridge PWM converters with wide ranges of input voltage

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2828-2837

  Cha, Honnyong ^a   Chen, Lihua ^a   Ding, Rongjun ^b   Tang, Qingsong ^b   Peng, Fang Zheng ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co   (China)

Author keywords

Diode rectifier; Energy recovery; Snubber circuit; Voltage oscillation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DC TRANSFORMERS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIODES; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER CONVERTERS; RECOVERY; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

ACTIVE SWITCHES; ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES; CLAMP CIRCUITS; CLAMPING CIRCUITS; DIODE RECTIFIER; ENERGY RECOVERY; FULL BRIDGES; HIGH VOLTAGES; HIGH-POWER; HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS; INPUT VOLTAGES; JUNCTION CAPACITANCES; LEAKAGE INDUCTANCES; OSCILLATION PROBLEMS; POWER LOSS; PWM CONVERTERS; RECTIFIER DIODES; REVERSE-RECOVERY CURRENTS; SNUBBER CIRCUIT; VOLTAGE OSCILLATION; VOLTAGE OVERSHOOT;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 59749098465     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2003131     Document Type: Article

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