Inductor design for VHF tapped-inductor DC-DC power converters

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 142-149

  Qiu, Jizheng ^a   Sullivan, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED INDUCTOR; DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; HIGH FLUX DENSITY; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH RESISTIVITY; INDUCTOR DESIGN; LOW COSTS; LOW PROFILE; SOFT MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; TAPPED-INDUCTOR; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY; WINDING LOSS;

COBALT; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; POLYIMIDES; POWER ELECTRONICS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; ZIRCONIUM;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 79955756327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2011.5744588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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