Design of high-efficiency bidirectional DCDC converter and high-precision efficiency measurement

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 650-658

  Yu, Wensong ^a   Qian, Hao ^a   Lai, Jih Sheng ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional dc dc converter; Coupled inductor; Efficiency measurement; High precision; Regenerative test; Zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTERS; CONDUCTION LOSS; CONVERTER EFFICIENCY; COOLMOS; CORE LOSS; COUPLED INDUCTOR; COUPLING INDUCTORS; CURRENT-SHARING; DEVICE UNDER TEST; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FULL-LOAD; HARDWARE PROTOTYPE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH PRECISION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; RELATIVE ERRORS; ZERO-VOLTAGE-SWITCHING OPERATIONS;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; SOFT SWITCHING; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 77950678622     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2034265     Document Type: Article

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