A step forward towards the development of reliable matrix converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-183

  Andreu, Jon ^a   Kortabarria, Iñigo ^a   Ormaetxea, Enekoitz ^a   Ibarra, Edorta ^a   Martin, José Luís ^a   Apiñaniz, Susana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clamp circuit; design; filter; hardware; matrix converter

Indexed keywords

CLAMP CIRCUIT; FILTER; MATRIX CONVERTER; OPERATING CONDITION; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; REAL APPLICATIONS; STEP-BY-STEP;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DESIGN;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 80053633273     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2146217     Document Type: Article

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