A comparative study of multicell amplifiers for AC-power-source applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-164

  Gong, Guanghai ^a   Hassler, Dominik ^b   Kolar, Johann W ^b  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Linear power amplifier (LPA); multicell inverter

Indexed keywords

AC POWER SOURCE; AMPLITUDE-MODULATED; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTROL SCHEMES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; HIGH FIDELITY; LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIERS; MULTICELL; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; OUTPUT STAGES; PERFORMANCE BASED; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY; TEST POWER;

TERMINALS (ELECTRIC); TOPOLOGY;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 78650988747     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2053559     Document Type: Article

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