Design procedure for compact pulse transformers with rectangular pulse shape and fast rise times

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1171-1180

  Bortis, D ^a   Ortiz, G ^a   Kolar, J W ^a   Biela, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pulse transformer; rise time; solid state modulator; transformer design; transformer topology

Indexed keywords

CORE MATERIAL; CURRENT BALANCING; DESIGN PROCEDURE; FAST RISE TIME; LEAKAGE INDUCTANCE; MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS; NONLINEAR IMPEDANCE; PARALLEL-CONNECTED; PARASITIC ELEMENT; PULSE MODULATORS; RECTANGULAR PULSE; RISETIMES; SOLID STATE MODULATOR; SOLID STATE TECHNOLOGY; STEP-BY-STEP; SWITCHING SPEED; TRANSFORMER DESIGN; TRANSFORMER TOPOLOGY;

COREMAKING; ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR; MODULATORS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; PULSE TRANSFORMERS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 80051750116     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.5976112     Document Type: Article

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