Optimal design and tradeoffs analysis for planar transformer in high power DC-DC converters

2010 International Power Electronics Conference - ECCE Asia -, IPEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3166-3173

  Ouyang, Ziwei ^a   Thomsen, Ole C ^a   Andersen, Michael A E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Core loss; DC DC; Interleaving; Leakage inductance; Planar transformer; Stray capacitance; Winding loss

Indexed keywords

CORE LOSS; DC-DC; INTERLEAVING; LEAKAGE INDUCTANCE; PLANAR TRANSFORMER; STRAY CAPACITANCES; WINDING LOSS;

CAPACITANCE; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC CORES; POWER ELECTRONICS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; WINDING;

DC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 77956511043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPEC.2010.5543390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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