A resonant gate-drive circuit capable of high-frequency and high-efficiency operation

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 962-969

  Fujita, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gate drive circuits; High frequency inverters; Resonant circuits; Resonant converters

Indexed keywords

DRIVE CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION; GATE TERMINALS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-EFFICIENCY OPERATIONS; HIGH-FREQUENCY INVERTER; HIGH-FREQUENCY INVERTERS; INPUT CAPACITANCE; MOS-FET; MOSFETS; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER MOSFETS; RESONANT CONVERTERS; RESONANT INDUCTORS; SERIES RESONANT;

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MOSFET DEVICES;

RESONANT CIRCUITS;

EID: 77951011433     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2030201     Document Type: Article

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