A three-level full-bridge zero-voltage zero-current switching converter with a simplified switching scheme

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-338

  Carr, Joseph Alexander ^a   Rowden, Brian ^a   Carlos Balda, Juan ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed energy resources; Multilevel converters; Soft switching converters; Three level (3L) full bridge (FB); Zero voltage zero current switching (ZVZCS)

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DC TRANSFORMERS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY RESOURCES; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; SOFT-SWITCHING CONVERTERS; THREE-LEVEL (3L) FULL BRIDGE (FB); ZERO-VOLTAGE ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING (ZVZCS);

SWITCHING;

EID: 61549142973     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2007211     Document Type: Article

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