Power loss comparison in two- and three-level PWM converters

8th International Conference on Power Electronics - ECCE Asia: "Green World with Power Electronics", ICPE 2011-ECCE Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1452-1457

  Alemi, Payam ^a   Lee, Dong Choon ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conduction loss; PWM; switching loss; three level converters

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION LOSS; COST COMPARISONS; POWER FACTORS; POWER-LOSSES; PWM CONVERTER; SWITCHING DEVICES; SWITCHING LOSS; THREE-LEVEL; THREE-LEVEL CONVERTERS; TOTAL POWER;

DAMAGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; SWITCHING;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 80052092727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPE.2011.5944455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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