A 500 W push-pull Dc-dc power converter with a 30 MHz switching frequency

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 654-661

  Glaser, John S ^a   Rivas, Juan M ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; GATE DRIVES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INPUT VOLTAGES; INVERTER-BASED; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER CONVERSION; POWER DENSITIES; PRIMARY PATH; RESONANT ELEMENTS; TAPPED INDUCTOR; VOLTAGE STRESS; VOLTAGE-FED;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SOFT SWITCHING; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 77952199205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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