A modulation technique to reduce switching losses in matrix converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1186-1195

  Bradaschia, Fabrício ^a   Cavalcanti, Marcelo C ^a   Neves, Francisco A S ^a   de Souza, Helber E P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AC AC power conversion; Pulsewidth modulated power converters; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

AC-AC POWER CONVERSION; DISCONTINUOUS MODULATION; MODULATION STRATEGY; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; OUTPUT CURRENT; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PULSEWIDTH-MODULATED POWER CONVERTERS; PULSEWIDTHS; SIMULATION; SWITCHING LOSS;

MATRIX CONVERTERS;

EID: 65549116579     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2006241     Document Type: Article

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