A Self-Driven Active Clamp Forward Converter Using the Auxiliary Winding of the Power Transformer

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 549-551

  Lim, Bum Sun ^a   Kim, Hee Jun ^b   Chung, Won Sup ^c  

^a R and D Center   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active clamp forward converter; active clamp switch; auxiliary winding; dead time

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MOSFET DEVICES; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE CLAMP FORWARD CONVERTER; ACTIVE CLAMP SWITCH; AUXILLIARY WINDING; DEAD TIME;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 7544241229     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2004.836039     Document Type: Article

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