A new bidirectional switch with regenerative snubber to realize a simple series connection for matrix converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 822-829

  Itoh, Jun Ichi ^a   Nagayoshi, Ken Ichi ^a,b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

AC AC converter; Matrix converter; Medium voltage converter; Series connection; Snubber circuit

Indexed keywords

AC/AC CONVERTER; MATRIX CONVERTER; MEDIUM-VOLTAGE CONVERTER; SERIES CONNECTION; SNUBBER CIRCUIT;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; SWITCHES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 67349187448     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2008021     Document Type: Article

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