Performance comparison of single-stage three-level resonant AC/DC converter topologies

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1023-1031

  Agamy, Mohammed S ^a   Jain, Praveen K ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AC DC power conversion; Pulsewidth modulated (PWM) power converters; Resonant power conversion

Indexed keywords

AC-DC POWER CONVERSION; AC/DC CONVERTERS; CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DC-BUS VOLTAGES; DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; INPUT-VOLTAGE RANGES; LOWER VOLTAGE STRESS; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS; PHASE-SHIFT MODULATIONS; POWER RANGES; PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION CONTROLS; PULSEWIDTH-MODULATED (PWM) POWER CONVERTERS; RESONANT CONVERTERS; RESONANT POWER CONVERSION; SINGLE STAGES; SINGLE-STAGE CONVERTERS; SINGLE-STAGE POWER FACTOR CORRECTIONS; SINGLE-STAGE TOPOLOGIES; THREE-LEVEL; VARIABLE FREQUENCIES;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 65549142720     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2010769     Document Type: Article

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