A review of AC choppers

CONIELECOMP 2010 - 20th International Conference on Electronics Communications and Computers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 252-259

  Rosas Caro, Julio C ^a   Mancilla David, Fernando ^b   Gonzalez Lopez, Juan M ^c   Ramirez Arredondo, Juan M ^d   Gonzalez Rodriguez, Aaron ^a   Salas Cabrera, Nacu ^a   Gomez Garcia, Mario ^a   Cisneros Villegas, Hermenegildo ^a  

^a Madero City Technological Institute   (Mexico)

^b The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^c Manzanillo Technological University   (Mexico)

^d UNIDAD GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC POWER; AC-CHOPPER; BUCK CONVERTERS; DC-LINK; DC-TO-DC CONVERTERS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EMERGING TOPOLOGIES; MATRIX CONVERTER; POWER CONDITIONING; POWER FLOW CONTROLS; POWER RATINGS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE FREQUENCY; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77952489849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2010.5440759     Document Type: Conference Paper

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